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She watches me without saying a word. My heart pounds as I wait for her ruling. Finally, a slow smile lifts the corner of her lips slightly. She stands, places her gun at her back and then rakes a hand down the front of her pants.
“Thank you for your assistance. The program you’re going to is a one-hundred-and-eighty-day program,” she says. “I pulled a lot of strings to get you in this facility. They usually only do ninety days, but I asked them to take extra care of you.”
My brows pinch, she already had me enrolled into a program?
“You were never going to kill me?” I ask.
She chuckles. “Oh, I was. It all depended on your response. Just know that if you drop out of the program or come out and fall back into your old ways, my beretta will be waiting for you.”
I gulp, knowing she really meant what she was saying.
Running a hand over my fuzzy cornrows, I stand to my feet.
“Can I see him before I leave?”
She cocks her head to the side. “He doesn’t want to see you.”
Her words feel like cold water being splashed in my face.
Shaking my head, I say. “That’s not true. Gabriel wouldn’t do that.”
She laughs in a mocking tone. “So now you’re a Beast expert? You’ve known him for a total of ten hours. Is it the dick that has you so delusional?”
Her words hurt like hell, but again she’s right. I’ve only known Gabriel for a short time. How could I possibly believe that I meant anything to him? He took care of me, helped me fight my demons, allowed me to take his virginity, and in the end made love to me so tenderly my soul felt it.
He was too good for me, and that should’ve been my first sign.
“You don’t have to be so mean,” I whisper the words as I fight the tears threatening to spill down my face again.
She takes a step toward me, lifting my chin with her finger. “You hate me now, but eventually you’ll look back on this day and thank me for my harshness.”
“I just want to see him.”
She smiles but it doesn’t reach her eyes. “Never beg a man for something as little as his attention. Walk away with your head up. Trust me on this.”
I nod my head, taking her words of wisdom to heart. He didn’t want to see me and that’s okay. I won’t hold it against him.
She lets my face go and turns her back to me. She grabs something off the coffee table, before turning to face me. When she turns around she’s holding clothes in her hands.
“Get dressed,” she says dropping the clothes on the sofa behind me. “They will be here to take you to treatment in a few minutes.”
She heads for the door, but I stop her. “Hey, what’s your name?”
She doesn’t turn to look at me. “Call me Fem.” she says before walking out of the apartment.
I quickly put on the leggings and T shirt she placed on the sofa. I put the expensive shoes back on that Gabriel brought me last night. The last thing I put on is his hoodie. Despite wearing it last night and being knocked around in it, it still smells like him.
Yeah, I should toss his shit in the trash, but she’s right. I’m walking away with my head high. I also keep his things as a reminder of last night. It might not have meant shit to him, but it did to me. It told me that I’m stronger than my addiction and I deserve to be happy.
The moment I finish getting dressed, the door to the apartment opens. Fem, and two men walk in.
“Are you ready to go?” She says looking me over.
I take one last look at the apartment. Last night started out as a night from hell. Everything that could have gone wrong did. However, whenever I look back at the night it will only be with fond memories. No matter how disappointing the morning turned out.
Last night will live in my memories for years as the most epic night of my life. It’s the night that taught me to live, and the night I spent with a beast.
Act Two
