Promise Me Ch. 13

Gia woke up to the bright sun streaming through the windows and birds happily chirping. And for the first time, for as long as she could remember she didn't have a veil of fear hanging over her. She smiled and reveled in the comfort of her bed. She thought of what she had to do that day, what she wanted to do. Her life was hers now, and hers alone.

She started to get up and head toward the shower as she tried to push away the fear in the back of her head that said to watch out for Johnny because he could be hot on her trail. She paused as she reached the bathroom door. She thought about crawling into her bed where she felt truly safe and comfortable. But she forced her self forward, because that what this was all about, moving forward.

She thought about the meeting she had with that woman Carly, the lady seemed cool, a little high strung, but cool. It would be interesting to work with her, but she couldn't be a model. Johnny would find her in less than two seconds, and then-well Gia didn't want to think about what would happen after that.

She wanted to take a few minutes to herself, let her mind absorb everything. So much has happened in the past 48 hours, her whole life has changed. She was surprised by how she felt so much at ease with everyone here. Well everyone that is-except Nikolas. Something about him put her on edge. She thought it was dangerous to let herself be around him. Something about him told her that her heart and soul were in danger. She wanted to sit down and absorb that, and everything else. But she was afraid to, afraid to get too attached, afraid that this was all a dream and she'd wake up and be in the living nightmare that used to be her life. Everything was mixed up she didn't have a clue what to expect, accept for the horrible fear lurking in the back of her mind.

Gia refused to let her self think about that. She took one last look in the mirror; satisfied with her appearance she grabbed the directions Carly had sent to her and left for her interview, at the Deception offices.