Shayna and Bill were looking through the paper for the movie times when there was a knock on her door,
"Keep looking, I'll get it." She walked over to the door,
"Hey, come in." Craig kissed her on the cheek and hugged her tightly before walking in,
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know you had a guest." She shook her head and wrapped her arm around his waist,
"No, Craig this is Bill, Bill this is my friend Craig. Come on, have a seat. What's up?" Craig didn't bother to return Bill's smile and returned his attention to her,
"No, that"s ok. I just came over to see how you were doing. I hadn't seen you in a while." The realization registered on her face as she remembered Craig didn't know for sure she was back with Bill,
"Um, yeah." Craig walked to the door,
"Well, I better let you guys get back to what you were doing, I'll talk to you later." Bill stood up and stood next to Shayna,
"It was nice meeting you, maybe we can get together sometime...a double date or something." Craig nodded, his face showing no emotion,
"Yeah, maybe." He looked at Shayna one last time before walking out. She knew he was disappointed in her for not leaving Bill, especially after all he had said to try and persuade her. Once she closed the door she felt Bill's strong grip around her arm,
"Who was that?" She frowned out of confusion,
"A friend, Craig, I told you that." She went to walk away but he pulled her back to him,
"What?" His icy glare sent chills down her back,
"Are you fucking around with him too? Or is he a go between for you and Nick?" Shayna shook her head,
"I told you Craig and I are friends, that's all." His voice became louder,
"And what about Nick? If you're just friends why did he take off so fast?" She sighed and glared at him, her expression and her tone full of defiance,
"I haven't seen Nick since the day he beat you." As quick as her words left her mouth his hand bruised her face,
"You think that was funny? What are you? A comedian now?" She shook her head and the tears fell down her face as she whimpered,
"I'm sorry." He pushed her down to the floor and paced back and forth as she sat on the floor and cried. He walked over and bent down beside her,
"Damn, let me see." He lifted her face by the chin and pushed her hair out of her face to see a red mark across her cheek,
"Why do you do that? Why do you make so angry like that? I'm sorry baby." Her sobs became louder as he held her. She had no one else, she couldn't go back to Nick he would just cheat on her but the more she thought about it, it was better than being beaten. She could handle that better than this, it was just sex with the other women but he loved her, lived with her, was with her in public, introduced her to his family.
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