"I've been with, Solo, thanks for fucking noticing. Asshole," Kaci muttered as Jeremy walked away. He was making a mistake, and she wasn't willing to watch him drown. Instead of chasing after him, she stormed out of the house and got in her car. Solo was the only one that would be able to calm her down, but she needed to talk to Moira.

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"Huh?" Tallis pushed herself into a sitting position, pulling her knees to her chest so she could rest her chin on them. How could she tell him? She swallowed hard, rubbing the back of her neck and her shoulders. "Cameron's coming to get me, and it won't just be him. I'm not safe here." She looked up at him with red-rimmed eyes. Crying was something she had done far too much of lately. Everything was telling her to run and hide, but her heart was telling her to stay where she was.

[i]I'm afraid.[/i]

She fell back on the mountain of pillows, covering her face with her arms. Her body was starting to ache at the thought of Cameron. He had done so much damage. She remembered the straw that broke the camels back so well. 

Cameron had hit her, which was nothing new or surprising, but that night had been different. He had been wearing rings, four of them. Everything but her face had been targeted. Chest. Back. Rubs. Abdomen. Thighs. He laid his fist into anything he could reach. The more she cried out, the harder he hit her. He was trying to kill her, would have if his side-bitch hadn't called him to fuck. After he left that night, she ran. Ran as far away as she could.

Why was he just contacting her now? It had been months. Was she finally sober enough to realize she was gone?