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Chapter 2:
She sobbed as he back handed her, she looked at him with hurting eyes.
"You bitch, I thought I told you to stay inside," he growled.
"Derek I'm sorry," she whimpered as she rubbed her swore cheek. He frowned, giving her a dark look.
"Nina, I asked you to (hic) stay here, your parents gave you to me," he hiccupped, "I can do whatever the fuckin' want with ya, ya got it." She nodded letting out a dry sob.
He smirked, bending down, and pulling her into a forceful kiss, making her nearly gag from the taste of beer. He broke the kiss, and the smirk grew seeing the fear in her eyes. He exited the room, and grabbed a pack of ice, handing it to her.
"I don't want to see swelling," he whispered, "so here." She took it with trembling hands, and put it on the hurting cheek.
"I won't be back till dawn," he said, "I want you to stay here, okay?" She nodded, he wasn't good at seeing if she was lying or not. She was going to run, and he wasn't going to stop her.
He left, leaving her plenty of time to pack a bag, and run to a friend's apartment, if her parents didn't convince them to join on their side, and put them against her.
-Two hours later-
She stood in front of the old bookshop, across from the Second Time Around antique shop, she knocked on the door, hoping that Marisa would answer. She sighed seeing the woman answer the door.
"Nina?" Marisa asked.
"Can I please stay here?" she asked, "I have no where to go."
"What about…"
"Don't say his name," Nina glanced around, "can I watch your store when you go out of town?"
"Uh…sure," Marisa blinked, "actually…you can have it."
"Why?" she blinked.
"Because, I know what he's doing to you," Marisa rolled her eyes, "we ain't soul sisters for nothin'."
Nina looked at her feet rubbing her arms, and then looked up at Marisa, "He can't find me."
"Because if he does," Marisa pulled Nina into a hug, "he'll hurt you…and I can't stand seeing my sister hurt."
"I know but," Nina closed her eyes, "my parents had an arranged marriage, and they treat it like a business partnership, they are never happy."
"Heh, at least they didn't marry on false love," Marisa smirked. She shook her head.
"Marisa, are you really going to give me your shop?" she asked.
"Nina, before all this shit happened I already gave it to you…until Derek came into the picture," Marisa smiled, "Now get inside before he shows up…this would be the last place that dumb assed thing would look." Nina nodded a bit, but frowned.
"He's smarter than he looks," she whispered, she suddenly had the feeling she was being watched, but it was comforting.
-One Hour Later-
Marisa growled, examining the red mark on Nina's face.
"That bastard is so going to get it," Marisa stood up, grabbing some pain killers, and a bottled water and handed them to Nina. Nina looked at the ground, rubbing her arms, and winced when she touched a new bruise.
"Nina…this isn't healthy," Marisa sat down in front of her friend, "you should have came to me when this started."
"I couldn't…he threatened to kill you," she whimpered. Marisa made her lips a straight line, and shook her head.
"He couldn't kill me even if he tried," Marisa finally said, "he's too much of a bastard to do that."
"But…" Nina began.
"No buts," Marisa's phone rang, "Ooo, why would he be calling now?"
"Marisa…do you have a boyfriend?" Nina blinked.
"Nope, he's an old family friend," Marisa said, "you met him remember? Arnold."
"He said he preferred to be called Casey," Nina stated.
"Well…yeah," Marisa shook her head, and answered the phone.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey, Mare…its Casey."
"I guessed it was you…and don't call me Mare," Marisa frowned, "so what's up?"
"I was wonderin' if you got that book?" he asked.
"Oh…that book you were planning on getting for your girlfriend," Marisa nodded, "it came in this morning, I tried calling you but you wouldn't answer."
Nina couldn't help but giggle a bit.
"Casey hold on," Marisa looked at Nina, "don't laugh at him!"
"I'm sorry…but he has a girlfriend?" she blinked.
"Tell Nina I said hi," Casey suddenly said.
"Casey says hi," Marisa rolled her eyes.
"Tell him…uh…something!" Nina stood up, rubbing her arms.
"Nina says something back," Marisa said.
"Well…do you mind if I come pick up that book tonight…and I thought Nina was with that Derek dude," Casey wondered on the other end.
"Casey…she ran away," Marisa stated.
"Give me an explanation when I get there," Casey stated before hanging up.
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