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Chapter 11 - Tris POV
"T-Tobia-as?" I hate how my voice is shaking as I try to say his name. "What a-are you do-doing here?" He takes a few steps towards me, smiling.
"I've decided to come out with it. Let everyone know about Marcus abusing me. I wanted a really good lawyer and rumor has it you one six, consecutive cases. So, here I am. I want you to be my lawyer for this case."
"Don't you have a lawyer already?" I asked, taking a few steps back.
"Yeah, but he doesn't know about the abuse, unlike you." He takes another step forward. Since his legs are longer, he is now only a few feet away from me.
"So you want me because I know about it."
"Yeah. Well, that and I'm hoping to apologize. I've been trying for months, but you never picked up your phone." He is now standing only inches from my face looking into my eyes. I take several steps back until I've hit the door and there's no where for me to go.
"You need to stay away," I said quietly, though you could still hear the venom dripping off of each word. "You need to stay the hell away from me." My hand found the doorknob and I opened the door, shutting it behind me before I ran down the hall and into the woman's bathroom. I locked the door and sunk to the ground. He's here; Tobias is here.
Tobias. The person who has been on my mind for the last few months. Tobias, the guy who swept me off my feet and charmed me. Tobias, the man I was falling hard for. The man who conned me into thinking he liked me, but couldn't give me a reason as to why he paid attention to me. Was he embarrassed that he was just looking for someone to have sex with? Was he embarrassed that he was just looking for a one night stand. Oh, how I had fallen for his act. I thought, I honestly thought, he genuinely liked me. Oh God, I was so naïve. I actually fell for his lies.
I stood up and looked at my puffy red eyes and my makeup which was messed up. I cleaned off al my makeup and took a few deep breaths, before unlocking the door and leaving. I found Christina in our office and she looked up at me, a worried expression on her face. "Tris, what happened?"
I shook my head. "It was worse than your case. Much, much worse."
"That's impossible!"
"I know, I thought so too. Look, I'm not feeling well. Can you let Max know I'm taking the day off, trying to get better?"
"Fine, but I'm headed to your apartment after I get out of work and we're going to talk about this, okay?" I just nod as I gather my things.
"I'll see you later, then," I waved before leaving. Outside, the fresh air felt good on my face. It stung a little from all my tears, but still. I hadn't gotten more than 3 minutes away from the building before Tobias approached me.
"Tris, we need to talk," he said. The voice had come from behind me and I couldn't the person, but my body went rigid when I heard his voice. I knew, immediately, that it was him.
"We have absolutely nothing to talk about. Go away," I said in a dangerously, low voice. I started walking again, trying to put as much distance between the two of us. Of course, with such short legs, it wasn't easy. He caught up to me.
"Tris. Tris, please. Just let me talk. You don't have to say anything, I promise." I continued walking, ignoring him. When I got home, I slammed the door shut and locked it, before collapsing onto the couch in tears. Why did he have to show up? Didn't he know he'd hurt me enough? A little while later there was a knock on my door. Reluctantly, I got up and looked through the little peep-hole.
"Tris, open the door!" Christina called from the other side. I unlocked the door and opened it. Christina gasped when she saw me. "Tris, what's going on?" We go to sit down on the couch and I take a deep breath before telling her.
"Four was the person who requested me to settle his case," I say.
"What was the case about?"
I shook my head. "I don't know," I lied. I told Christina about our date, but none of Tobias' secrets. "I ran out before I got a chance to look at the file."
"You just saw him and ran out?"
"No. He said he wanted to apologize."
"That's great!"
"Not if I don't want to forgive him."
"This isn't just about him. This is about Peter isn't it?" Last year I had been dating this guy named Peter. I thought he was super sweet and romantic, and had fallen hard for him. It turned out he was just going out with me so he could have sex. The second I found out, I called it quits. He moved away and we haven't talked since. I haven't fully recovered since then.
"No." Of course this is. I've had trouble with my trust since then.
"Tris, not everyone's like Peter. Four might be different. I mean, he did come after you."
"Yeah, but Four's some big celebrity. He could get any girl he wants, so it doesn't make sense why he would want me. I mean, even he couldn't figure out why he wanted me."
"But he came to apologize," Christina pointed out.
"How do I know he didn't do this because he wanted sex and that's what he's going to apologize about? Chris, I can't go through this again."
"Just don't push him away because you're scared." She got up and got two pints of ice cream out of the freezer and grabbed two spoons. We ate ice cream and watched ABC family for the rest of the night. But I wasn't quite paying attention to that; I was paying attention to what Christina had said. Was I just scared to get hurt again? Should I talk to him? Could I really handle being told he didn't feel the way I did?
A/N: So there you go! That's chapter 11 for you. It's good to know people appreciated my shout-out.
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