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Chapter 2

A few days have gone by since I was hired as a part time maid at the Shays. It was great I got some great laughs and the money I needed to pay the rest of my rent.

As I was making lunch for the kids I got a call on my phone,

I sighed seeing who it was from

'Yes Kurt' I asked as I picked up the phone

'No I'm working right now'

I pulled the phone away from my ear as he yelled not hearing the quiet footsteps on the stairs behind me.

'I can't just leave' I said running a hand through my hair 'I still have work to do…do you want me to be homeless…oh that's right you could care less right'. 'Stop making empty threats'….i felt my blood turn cold with his next sentence. 'No because I know you and you wouldn't dare', the phone hung up and I stared at it in fear and shock.

"Dammit" I whispered,

"Hey" I heard behind me and turned seeing Carly coming down with her friends behind her,

"oh hey Carly and co I finished the snack you can help yourselves" I said before walking into the living room. Spencer was out so it was just me and the kids.

"Is everything ok?" asked Freddy with a calculating look on his face.

"Yeah why wouldn't it be?" I asked not looking up at them.

"Because you're pacing back and forth and your practically shaking" answered Carly.

"Oh well I'm just nervous about something that's all nothing to worry about", just as I said that spencer walked through the door.

"Hey guys I'm back!" he said, I quickly picked up my bag and jacket,

"Spencer I need to go it's an emergency".

"Oh ok" he said worry etched on his face, "everything ok you know you can talk to me right?". I stared at him a silent but heavy debate going on in my mind, "thanks for the offer" I said trying not to cry "but I don't want to get you or your sister involved" I whispered so the kids wouldn't hear.

"I'll see you next week, bye kids" I said before he could say anything. "Charlie wait" he said, "bye spencer" I said before rushing out the door while pulling on my jacket.

"Oh man" said Sam "talk about drama central",

"What exactly happened while I was gone" asked Spencer,

"We don't know" said Carly "we overheard a phone call just before you walked in and she got all nervous and worried".

"Well who was on the phone" Spencer asked putting down his bag, "someone named Kurt" said Sam "probably her boyfriend. I think he wanted her to leave early but she said she couldn't then she got all quiet and was like 'no I know you and you wouldn't' and then she was acting like tha". Spencer took in what Sam just said before rushing out the door telling them to stay here and not to open the door for anyone they didn't know.

"Ok what just happened?" asked Freddy turning to the girls, "I don't know" they both said

An hour later spencer came back…alone

"So what happened?" asked Carly

"I was able to catch up with her but she said not to worry
that everything was ok, that she would call if anything happened".

"Anything happened what could happen" asked Carly not wanting to believe what they were all thinking.

"Nothing kid" said Spencer wiping his hands nervously on his jeans, "just go upstairs and play or something ok",

"Yeah come on Carly" said Sam "let's go", they headed upstairs and Spencer sighed running a hand through his hair. Which was no longer green, he looked down at his cell her name highlighted on the screen.

A week went by without a word from Charlie, Spencer called her boss who kept giving him the run around and wouldn't say what was going on. He just kept saying when she's ready she'll talk. Spencer didn't understand why but he just had to know she was ok he had to see it for himself.

Late one night the house phone was ringing, when no one answered it and it stopped it would start ringing again. Finally spencer stumbled through the hall and into the living room to pick up the phone before it woke up Carly.

'Hello' he said sleep still evident in his voice, 'Charlie?' he said

'It's...3 in the morning what's going on?….open the door?' he asked shocked before he walked over to the apartment door and opened it.

Charlie's POV

When he opened the door I hung up the phone and smiled slightly, "come in" he said letting me in,

"Thanks" I said lowly as I kind of walked over to the couch to sit down, "hey you ok?" he asked before turning on the light.

"Yeah I just wanted to let you know in person I don't think I will be able to work as your maid anymore. I know I probably should have waited till later but I was in the neighborhood".

"What, but you live almost 45 minutes away" he said "how did you get here?"

"I walked" I said playing with a piece of lent on my petty coat.

"It's freezing outside" he said, which he wasn't lying about, it was the middle of October and the wind was howling into the night.

"Let's just say I would rather get frost bite then stay another minute in that apartment",

"Why?" spencer asked the seriousness in his voice making me look up at him before looking back down. But it was too late he quickly made his way over and I sighed as he took off the hood I had over my head before the sunglasses. "Oh my god" was all he said before he stared at me,

I shrugged "well now you know" I said trying to hold back the tears,

"He did this?" he said his eyes roaming my face. I nodded, I had a black eye with a busted lip and a scratch on the left side of my face. My neck was red and purple and he could see more cuts leading further down.

"I should probably go" I said going to stand "just thought you should know why I won't be able to work for you anymore".

"Why? because he said so" he said sounded angry. I didn't speak, I didn't have to we both knew the answer to that question.

"He thinks I'm cheating on him he's always accusing me but never really had any evidence but he swore when I started to work for you that I had to be cheating. I told him that wasn't true but he wouldn't listen, every time I tried to leave he'd…so I just stayed home stayed away from the phones and door. It's what I'm good at staying away that why I don't have friends I haven't seen my family in almost six months because of him and not wanting to get anyone involved".

"You stay away from those that actually care about you for this…monster, tell me does he?"…he trailed off and I knew what he ment.

"No" I said shaking my head laughing "that's probably why he's always so frustrated I refuse to every time even before this side of him started to show I'm just not ready for that step yet". Spencer looked relieved but still angry,

"you can't go back there" he said. "What?" I said looking up him.

"You heard me you can't go back there i won't let you" he said walking to stand in front of the door.

"I have to go back he's going to be angry…he's going to come looking for me".

"So let him" he said "if he dares show his face here ill call the cops", I shook my head and sat on the couch too tired to stand any longer.

"Why do you care?" I asked my voice thick with sorrow, "I'm just your maid you hardly even know me".

"Yeah so we just meet and yeah you clean my apartment a few times a week that doesn't mean I don't have heart. And I and my sister consider you a friend and friends don't let friends get hurt".

"So you won't let me leave?" I asked still not looking up, "nope" he said already knowing he won.

"Fine" I said "but I have to go sometime I don't exactly live here".

"That's ok I already have a plan figured out" he smiled before walking over to the lining closet in the hall. He came back with a pillow and a blanket and placed it on the couch before sitting beside me.

"You should probably take off you jacket" he said, I nodded and started to slowly unbutton my coat slipping it off as well as my sweater. His eyes widened at the bruises on my arms before he quickly covered my with the blanket seeing how I instantly got cold. I took off my shoes and laid down on my side my knees up to my chest. He watched me for a few moments before standing and placing my things in the closet.

A few moments later he turned out the light,

"Spencer" I said sitting up so I could see over the couch, "yeah" he said. "Thank you I don't know what I thought you would do when I came here but I'm glad I did".

"Me too" he said, and "your welcome just get some sleep". I nodded before lying back down and instantly falling sleep, as spencer walked into his room leaving his door open a figure got up off the stairs and disappeared back up and out of site.