Arriving back at her apartment, Rachel shuts the car off and walks inside.
"I just want to crawl out of my skin." Rachel says to herself, still angry at herself for what happened at the bar. Feeling antsy and fidgety, she begins stripping down.
"If only it were Nigel doing this… stop. Just fucking stop. Get your mind off Nigel, you don't deserve him. Tonight… focus on you. You may not have his love, but a little self love is what you need." Rachel says, while touching herself.
Unfortunately for her, she cannot get thoughts of Nigel out of her head. Throughout her session of self love, she continues to imagine that it is Nigel making love to her. By the end of it, she doesn't feel the satisfaction that she was hoping for, in fact she felt dirty for not letting him go.
"You dirty, fucking bitch. Just calm down, have a nice shower, put on self bullshit whatever movie, and go to sleep. No more unpleasantness tonight." She says to herself.
Stepping into her bathroom, she cringes when she sees her reflection in the mirror. She turns the water on and has a hot shower. Staying in for about twenty minutes, she manages to calm down. Stepping out, she feels refreshed, better than she had been for the past two hours.
"Ah, that's better." Drying off, she gets into her comfy pajamas, sports shorts and a big grey hoodie. Settling down, she sits and flips on Netflix to watch Friends.
Finally settling in, she hears a car pull up. Curious, she looks out her window to see Chad leaving his car, holding something behind his back.
"Oh fuck." She says to herself. She then moves away from the window and puts the dead bolt on. Moving quickly, she grabs her wallet, keys, and phone. She hears a knock at the door.
"Rachel, open up! I know you're in there, the lights are now! Open up, RIGHT FUCKIN' NOW!" Chad shouts.
"That motherfucker hurt, Nigel. Fuck what you said, get to him because he needs you." She says to herself. She then puts her shoes on and leaves out the back door of the apartment.
Circling around to the front, she sees that Chad hasn't noticed her. She then notices a police cruiser, with two cops watching the door. When Chad starts kicking and the wood of the door starts splitting, the lights go on and the two cops step out of the car. One of the officers in Hoagie Gilligan.
Chad turns around to see the cops and Rachel.
"What the fuck?! You called the cops instead of talking to me yourself, you fucking coward?!" Chad shouts at Rachel. He then reveals a knife that he had in his hand.
Hoagie and his partner approach Chad, pistols drawn.
"Drop the weapon and put your hands on your head!" Hoagie orders.
Chad puts his hands on his head on steps towards the two.
"Get on your knees, right now!" Hoagie orders and Chad does so.
Hoagie motions for his partner to perform the arrest, read Cha his rights, and put him in the back of the Squad car. While this happens, Hoagie turns to talk to Rachel.
"You okay, Rachel?" He asks Rachel, who stares in shock.
"I'm… I'm good, Hoagie. But what the fuck is going on?" She asks, still in disbelief.
"We got a phone saying that Chad might be here. Needed to make sure of it, so they sent me out here." Hoagie explains.
"Who made the call?" Rachel asks curiously.
"Nigel did." Hoagie answers. Rachel then breaks down into tears and Hoagie hugs her.
"Where is he? Is he safe?" Rachel asks.
"He's safe with us. Do you remember, Maurice Phayton?"
"Yeah."
"He's watching him right now. Getting a statement, checking on him physically." Hoagie explains.
"What happened to him?" Rachel asks in a concerned tone. Hoagie sighs before looking at her.
"I think it's better that you don't know it we…"
"Hoagie, what happened?"
"Chad hit him and left him handcuffed to a bed before coming here for you." Hoagie answers, and Rachel drops to her knees.
"I'm sorry…"
"Don't. This is my fault. I never should have left him alone with Chad. It's… just... FUCK, FUCK, MOTHERFUCKER!" Rachel screams and starts hitting the ground. Hoagie pulls her up.
"Rachel! Calm the hell down. I can't imagine how much that hurts you, but Nigel is safe with us. And he wants to see you at the police station. So please, calm down and let's head over there." Hoagie says.
Rachel calms down and catches her breath, she then notices Chad looking smugly at her.
"This is what he wanted. For me to lose my shit." Rachel hisses.
"Hey, fuck him. He can't hurt anyone but himself at this point. None of this is your fault." Hoagie says, calming Rachel back down again.
"Thanks, Hoagie. You're right. I can't let him win." She says.
"Oh he won't. Given what we have on him he's…" Hoagie then notices someone talking towards him and Rachel. "Hi, can I help you?"
"Yeah hi, I'm Oscar Bragmen, the landlord. Rachel, what's going on?" Oscar asks.
"Hey, Mr. Bragmen. Yeah sorry." She then turns to the police cruiser. "That crazy fuck tried to break the door down to my place."
"Anything damaged?" Oscar asks.
"Wood on the door may have split. Nothing caused by me, though." Rachel explains, much to her landlord's annoyance.
"Okay, I'll take a look at it. See what needs to be done. You do whatever you have to do with the police." Oscar says.
"Thanks." Rachel says before Oscar walks back into his unit.
"You want me to call a car to take you to the station?" Hoagie offers.
"No I have a car, I can drive myself." Rachel says.
"Will you be good to drive?" Hoagie asks.
"I'll be fine, I'll follow you." Rachel says.
"Alright, I'll see you over there." Hoagie then walks back to the cruiser and gets in. As he drives off, Rachel follows closely behind him.
End of the chapter. I hope I didn't scare everyone by making them think that I'd have Chad hurt Rachel. The next chapter is going to take place in the police station. Until I update, enjoy this chapter.