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“Okay,” she replied and I sle in the domestic department but at least she tried One day she would ood wife because she truly loved to take care of those around her

I finished my shower and took some time to blow dry my hair and fix my makeup Normally I didn’t spend a lot of ti down, and on down days I liked to look my best I looked in the h I had done soh prettyup alcohol I had made an effort to live pretty healthily and I was fit and strong thanks to yoga and crossfit I had fairly flawless skin that I had inked a few tihs and lows of my life The most pro scar that Rob had inflicted on e it Whenever Serena or Blake suggested I ink over it, I always said no; I needed to see it to keep me focused on a path that would take me far away from where I once was

“I’rab ether today which I was really looking forward to

“Let o,” she replied and slapped my ass on her way out of the kitchen

I laughed and shook ood day

Five minutes later, Serena reappeared with her hair done She tilted her head and s out , chica?” she finally asked

“I’m not sure,” I was honest, “The fact that Nix is involved in all of this worries o on but I can only iine it is bad Nix is a motherfucker you don’t want to mess with”

Serena nodded, “Yeah, I’ve worked that out from some of the stuff you’ve toldhim?”

I sighed “I was so messed up and pissed off with J, and Nix was just there one night and it felt like a good idea at the ti and I was annoyed at hi with Nix would shit hiet back at all of them; J, Dad and Scott”

This was the most I had spoken about ed“So you hooked up with hi him?”

“Yeah, he was really into it Me, not so much but it had been six months since I broke up with J and I was lonely I was drinking pretty heavily by then and Nix was the only one who didn’t give ently shookback “When I was drinking I was a lot easier to boss around, that’s probably why he liked h of a shit about anything and went along hatever he wanted”

Serena ently on the arm; on my scar “Did Nix do this to you?”

“No” Shit, this conversation was s of self hatred washed overto spin Nausea took hold of ht vootthat I never wanted Serena or anyone else to find out

“Hey honey, are you okay?” Serena sensed my distress and directed ot ratefully from her

I downed the water in one go and focused onmy back I knew she orried but I didn’t have it in me just yet to ease her concerns All I could think about was thatto catch up with me Fuck Nix Why did he have to come back into my life? He wasn’t the reason for all the crap that had happened but he was the cli to be the catalyst for it all flaring up again