Alicia quietly turned the key in the lock and pushed the front door open. Closing it quietly she went straight through to the kitchen, ignoring the light that was on in the living room. She grabbed herself a bottle of wine and opened it, pouring herself a glass. She needed a drink in her before she tried to reconcile with Bea. She'd been so bad to her even though be was only trying to help. Alicia downed the glass and walked through to the living room where she found Bea curled up underneath a blanket on the sofa, mug of hot chocolate in hand watching the tv.
"Bea," Alicia said slowly edging towards the sofa, "I'm really sorry I lashed out. I just saw red after I had a run in with Eddie."
"It's ok Alicia, it's my fault he acted that way, I had it out with him when I had no right to." Bea shifted on the sofa swinging her legs round to get up, "Where were you anyway, if I can still ask that, I thought you left work ages ago?"
"I…I went to the police station…an…and I reported Eddie." Alicia replied hesitantly.
Bea practically leapt from her spot on the sofa and embraced Alicia.
"That's brilliant Alicia I'm so proud of you! What did they say?"
"They said they'll take him in for questioning and investigate it but they're may not be enough evidence for a conviction. I have a number so that I can get in touch if I need to and they've also got my number to tell me about anything else that comes to light."
"Ok. Are you alright?"
The stress of the evening caught up to Alicia and she wept almost lost her balance completely, gripping the door frame. Bea embraced Alicia, acting as a third leg supporting her. They stood there embracing for what felt like hours and as Alicia's terrified sobs slowly reduced to nothing. Bea began to lead Alicia upstairs to her bedroom and lay her down on her bed with Alicia falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Little short chapter next one should be finished and up in about five minutes.