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Another week had passed and Kevin had invited Lucy, Dylan and Maddy over to his apartment for dinner. Lucy wasn't off work often so he liked to have dinner when they could. They had finished eating dinner and the kids were on Kevin's couch watching tv. Lucy was helping Kevin with the dishes. She rolled up her sleeves to stick her hands in the water to begin washing when Kevin stopped her.

"What's this?" Kevin said seriously, pointing to a bruise on Lucy's arm. Not one you get when you accidentally hit your arm on something, but one in the shape of finger prints.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it." Lucy said pulling her arm away and began washing.

"No it's not nothing Kevin said and he pulled her arm out of the water to inspect her arm better.

"Luce, it's in the shape of fingerprints. Did Logan do this to you?" Kevin said in a more gentle voice. Lucy stayed quiet for a few seconds, looking down.

"Yeah. It's no big deal though. It's not the first time." Lucy said and then again pulled her arm away.

"No big deal! Luce it's abuse. He can't be doing this to you. Don't think for any reason that you deserve it if he's trying to make you think that. I'll kick his a-" Kevin stopped mid word as he looked over at Maddy and Dylan.

"I'll hurt him way worse I should say." Kevin decided to say instead.

" No Kevin don't! Just don't get involved." Lucy said, worry in her eyes, knowing she would get it worse from Logan once Kevin did something to him.

"I can't let him keep doing this to you! Has he ever touched the kids?" Kevin questioned her.

"He hasn't touched the kids." Lucy answered.

"Yet. If he's willing to hurt you, he could be just as vulnerable to hurt them. He might hurt them during the day and you would never know. He might threaten them so they won't tell you." Kevin said, filling Lucy's mind with one of the most horrible thoughts.

Lucy asked Kevin to just drop the subject for now, but Kevin made her promise to tell him if Logan touched her again. The kids had both fallen asleep on the couch and Lucy asked Kevin if he could drive them home now.

"I want to tell you something first." Kevin said.

"Ok." Lucy said a bit curious and confused.

"I got a job transfer. I'm moving."

Lucy didn't know what to say at first. She was happy for Kevin in a way, but would really miss him. He was one of her good friends.

"Oh. When?" was all Lucy could manage to think of to say.

" In about 3 weeks. I let my landlord know that I'll be moving out, and of course my boss knows I'm leaving." Kevin replied.

" Where are you being transferred?" Lucy asked, hoping it wouldn't be really far away.

"It's a little town back in California, you probably haven't heard of it before. It's called Glenoak." Kevin said. Lucy had told him she was from California, but all she told him was a town a bit south of Los Angeles, assuming he wouldn't know the town either.

" Glenoak?" Lucy said, her jaw dropping.

" Yeah, you've heard of it?" Kevin asked surprised.

"Heard of it, that's where I used to live." Lucy said.

" Really! Wow I never knew that. Should have asked more questions when we first met." Kevin said as he laughed a little. Lucy sat back and zoned out for a moment thinking of her parents, wishing she could reunite with them. Kevin broke her thoughts.

" I know this is kind of a bit out there, but come with me." Kevin asked her.

" Oh Kevin, I couldn't, I mean I want to go home, but the kids and then Logan and.." Lucy trailed off.

" You told me you would be way better off without Logan and you really want to get back to your parents but you couldn't. You have the chance now. I'm sending my stuff down in a moving van. You can pack your stuff in with mine." Kevin said, using his very good persuading voice.

" Kevin this is a big step I have to think about it. I would love to come, but what if my parent's still hate me." Lucy thought out loud.

" First of all parent's don't hate their kids. Your parents were probably just disappointed in you. And if you have nowhere to stay, you can stay with me for as long as you need. We could split rent on an apartment." Kevin said.

Lucy sat in deep thought. " I'll think more about it. Talk to my boss. See if I can get enough money together. Talk to the kids. I don't have a lot of stuff, but I don't want to be a hassle for you."

"It would hardly be any trouble. I'd rather you guys with me than with Logan. That way I'll know you're safe. You can start over fresh."

Lucy thought about what Kevin said.

"Ok. Usually I wouldn't want to make a big decision like this that quickly, but to get out of here, any way is good." Lucy said.

Kevin smiled and hugged her.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. I'll help you get all your stuff together. I'm also going to pull a U-Haul behind my truck so a bit more stuff can fit in that. I plan to leave on the first weekend of May. Do you think you'll need more time?"

"No that's more than enough time. I'll work until we leave so I can make as much money as possible. I don't want to tell Logan I'm leaving though. Not until we do. I'll get him out of the house while I pack my stuff." Lucy started making plans.

Kevin and Lucy brought the kids to the car and drove home. They awoke, but then fell asleep again on the ride home. Kevin's brother, Ben, already lived in Glenoak and was moving out of his apartment into a house with his wife. Kevin had been to Ben's apartment before and was going to take it over, they just needed to transfer it to Kevin's name.

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