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address and gave him a smile that tugged at his heart.
    Jake keyed it into his sat-nav, and saw on the screen map that it wasn’t too far away from where he lived. He drove there wondering if it would be appropriate to ask Ellie out to dinner or coffee the following week. When they reached the address, Jake couldn’t find a gap in the parked cars lining the street. He wanted to see her to the door, but Ellie urged him to drop her. He noticed a small opening on the opposite side of the road and swung in.
    “I’ll walk you over the street.” Jake unclasped his seat belt.
    Ellie put her hand on his arm. “Thank you, Jake, but there’s no traffic—it’s so late and you need to drive home, too. Thanks so much for the ride.”
    Jake put his hand over hers on his arm. “Ellie, will you come back to the club next week or maybe you’d meet me for coffee or some dinner this week?”
    “I’ll come to the club next Saturday.”
    Something about her tone of voice made him think she probably wouldn’t and they’d never see each other again. Disappointed, he tried to show her he hoped she’d be there.
    “I’ll wait for you. I’ll look out for you. We can talk.”
    Ellie opened the door and was getting out of the car before he had chance to say or do anything else. She closed the door and crossed the street.
    Jake watched for a moment, then drove the short distance to the traffic circle, and turned to drive along the street again going the correct way, and join another road to go home. As he approached Ellie’s apartment block, he saw a man and woman in some kind of altercation. The woman was on her knees and the man held her hair keeping her bent. With sudden clarity, Jake knew this was Ellie and the guy had to be her former boyfriend.
    Jake stopped his car even though it was double-parked and just about in the middle of the road. He leapt from it and left the door hanging open in his haste to run to Ellie’s aid. Jake’s anger rose in red-hot spears as he saw the man drag Ellie by the hair and kick her up the bottom step of the apartment building stoop.
    Jake reached the guy in a haze of fury. He grasped the man’s shoulder and dragged his hand from Ellie’s hair. His anger boiled as Ellie cried out when the guy tried to grab back her hair. Jake drew away and punched the guy in the face with a force he didn’t know he had and never used before. Jake followed as the man went down backwards onto the sidewalk and he leaned over the guy.
    Jake hadn’t ever been in a fight and his fury blocked any fear he might be hurt. He took the guy by the throat with one hand and punched him across the face again. He had to gasp out his words he was so furious about this man’s attack on Ellie. “What the fuck are you doing? You need to leave Ellie alone. You’re that disgusting low life boyfriend she’s told me about aren’t you? You fucking bastard.” He smashed the guy’s head onto the sidewalk, realized he could kill the sucker, and pulled the guy’s head and shoulders up by the collar before the man’s skull cracked on the pavers. “Get up.” Jake spat out the words as he stood.
    Tyler slowly got up and gestured at Ellie who cowered on the stoop.
    “She’s my girl and this has nothing to do with you. I’ll have you arrested for assault.”
    Jake laughed aloud. “And open yourself up to be prosecuted for the things you’ve done to Ellie. I don’t fucking think so, buddy. You’d better get lost and remember this. I’ll give you such a beating if Ellie even thinks she’s seen you anywhere near her place. Touch her one more time and I’ll kill you. Got it?”
    Tyler took a step toward Ellie. He screamed at her. “I’ll find you again. You just wait.”
    Jake grabbed him, and threw him with a huge push against the fence rails of the next apartment block. The force of Tyler’s body hitting the fence made the whole row vibrate. A light went on high up in the building.
    “Go now.” Jake’s anger threatened to