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Lita awoke reluctantly, her body locked in a tight fetal position. Her hands were curled into tight fists, near her chin.
The redhead squinted as she glanced around the room, and she winced as she lifted her head off the pillow.
Moving herself into a sitting position, Lita reached up and clutched at her jaw.
It felt sore and swollen...
Her eyes welled up with tears as she recalled why she was now feeling this physical pain - Christian had hit her...
The blond Canadian was currently nowhere to be seen, and for that, the diva was grateful.
She actually began shivering as she thought about what her boyfriend had done the previous night.
"Where the hell were you? Huh?" Christian demanded, his voice
more and more furious by the moment.
"I was with-"
"Who were you with? Are you fucking someone else behind my back?!"
"No!" I was with Trish, okay? I went to talk to Trish..." Lita said,
her voice surprisingly strong despite the fear she now felt.
"Yeah, right! Lita squinted, practically recoiling at the sudden brightness that filled
the room. As she desperately tried to open her eyes and face her irate boyfriend,
she spoke again.
"It's the "Don't you "I'm not ly-"
The redhead's sentence was abruptly cut short as the Canadian struck out and
slapped her, catching the diva in the jaw.
The expression on Lita's face was one of shock as her head was rocked to one
side by the force of the blow. She kept her head down for several seconds, her hand
to her now aching, swelling chin. She felt tears welling up in her eyes and was
incapable of looking up - of looking at Christian...
He'd never hit her before...
Oh, sure, the blond man had been mean before - he'd made plenty of nasty, abusive
comments toward and
Now, as she sat there, cringing at the horrible not-so-distant memory, her shoulders began to shake.
She finally realized, after long moments, that she was crying, when she felt a tear trickle down her cheek and sore jaw, landing on the mattress. Her hand moved from her jaw to her brow, as though to shield her tear-filled eyes.
Lita wept her heart out, and she bitterly wondered what on earth she was going
to do...
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