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all of this. I should have just gone back to my
apartment and called her…”
    “ No, you did the right
thing because now you know what kind of person she really is. And
you have the courage to really see it. I didn’t have that kind of
courage. I made every excuse for Nathan…” Nicole stopped talking.
Shit she wasn’t ready to discuss Nathan with anyone yet. She could
hear the pain in Adam’s voice and wanted to do something to ease
it.
    “ I’m guessing Nathan is why
you moved to Chicago,” Monica said.
    Nicole remained quiet.
    “ That is obvious, Monica.
We won’t pry, little Nicole. But thank you for trying to make me
feel better. Whoa, the room is really spinning.”
    Monica and Nicole laid Adam on the sofa.
Nicole went to her room and grabbed the comforter off of her bed
and went over and covered Adam up with it.
    “ What a bitch this Mindy
is?” Monica said quietly. She gestured for Nicole to follow her to
her room. She quietly closed the door. “He just showed up. I
couldn’t turn him away.”
    “ I’m glad you didn’t. He
seems like a sweet person.”
    “ Oh he is. The funny thing
is he kept telling me he had a girlfriend, but I never saw her at
the bar. I just assumed she was made up to keep the girls from
bugging him while he worked.”
    “ That is odd that she never
came to see him play.”
    “ Which should have tipped
him off that she wasn’t invested in the relationship at all. Adam
is nuclear hot and I think she just wanted to have a hot boyfriend
to show off when it suited her. We will let him sleep off the
whiskey.”
    “ He can stay here a couple
of days if it will make him feel better,” Nicole said.
    “ Really? You are cool with
that. You barely know him.”
    “ You do. And besides, he is
a sweet person who just had his heart handed back to him. We would
be assholes if we didn’t try to help him somehow.”
    “ You are too nice, girl.
I’m glad you are though. I do have one question for you, and I
wouldn’t ask it but for safety reasons.”
    “ What is it?”
    “ Did Nathan do to you what
Mindy did to Adam or did he abuse you? I only ask because if Nathan
abused you he might try to hunt you down…”
    “ I understand what you are
trying to get at.” Nicole sat on Monica’s bed. She didn’t want to
think about Nathan, she was trying everything to just forget. But
she didn’t want Monica to worry. Why they hell did she bring up
Nathan in the first place. Adam’s pain was palpable and he wanted
someone to understand his pain, she had to do something, say
something to help him. Nicole sighed…she wasn’t ready to discuss
this with anyone. “Nathan mentally abused me, he didn’t so much
physically abuse me. He made me believe I couldn’t exist without
him and treated me so horribly and yet I came up with excuse after
excuse for his behavior until I just couldn’t do it anymore. So no,
he won’t come hunting me down,” she said that so fast, she wasn’t
sure if Monica understood what she was saying. She just wanted to
give an overview of her life with Nathan, she couldn’t do any more
than that right now.
    “ Whew, that’s good to
know.”
    “ I’m going to try to get
some more sleep. I have to go to work.”
    “ Did Michael drop that case
that you were so upset about? I didn’t have time to ask you
yesterday.”
    “ He is giving it to his
partner to handle.”
    “ That is sweet of him. But
you shouldn’t expect him to do that every time, nor should you get
so emotionally wrapped up with your cases you have to
research.”
    “ I didn’t mean to do that.
I just felt so bad for Delta. I should have controlled my feelings
more.” Nicole got up and headed to the door.
    “ You know, Nicole, if you
want to talk about Nathan I will listen.”
    “ When I’m ready…but thank
you for your offer.” Nicole headed into the living room and saw
Adam sleeping on the sofa. Poor guy, hopefully next time he falls
in love, he falls for someone who deserves him. It