NICOLE'S POV "You guys look happy." Shelly noted as soon as we joined her at our regular table with our food. "And stressed." She added.Well Ruth and I didn't get any sleep last night, we were so happy after my call with Mike and we couldn't sleep after that, we stayed awake making plans and thinking of our new life."You are right about that, I am really happy and we didn't sleep a wink last night." Ruth pointed out as soon as she sat down."Really, what happened?" She asked and Ruth hesitated to talk.I know that she wants me to be the one to tell her because she feels bad that we are leaving her here and I feel bad too but now is not the real time."Well, I got the news last night that we are getting out of here soon." I stated right before I started eating."When you say we, did you mean both of you?" "Yeah, Ruth and I." I confirmed, I am not going to lie to her just to make her feel good. "I have started working on your release but it can't meet up with our time frame." I lied
NICOLE'S POV "When is your birthday?" Asher suddenly asked while I was enjoying my ice cream and chocolate."Ummm, well it's still far. It's in October and I hate celebrating my birthday." I mean who wouldn't hate birthday's after what I experienced.My parents were killed on my birthday and I was brutally raped by the gang leader who has somehow managed to escape death for six years now. "Why did you ask?" "Well I just remembered that my birthday is around the corner and I was wondering if I have missed your birthday already." My birthday is like two months away and I haven't celebrated since the incident that happened six years ago and I don't intend to start now."It doesn't matter, I hate my birthday and I don't like to celebrate or even remember the day." I have never discussed my birthday with him and I didn't care to ask him about his birthday because I prefer to avoid birthday related topics but I was wrong to assume he doesn't care about birthdays. "When is your birthday?"
NICOLE'S POV "I did it girls." Shelly said immediately she joined us at the table for breakfast.I have been looking around for her but she arrived late, I guess she was busy after all but what exactly is she talking about, I can't remember her telling me she has plans to do something."What did you do?" I whispered... I don't know why I whispered but I just felt the need to."I have finally dealth with Lizzy." "What, I thought we agreed that I will be there, why did you do it alone?" I know she can handle things on her own but I just wanted to make sure that Lizzy will actually stay away."I know but like I said I didn't want you guys to get involved, you guys are leaving soon." Well that's very thoughtful of her and sweet and she's right, I shouldn't get involved."So how did it go?" Ruth asked and I will like to know as well, I hope she got the message loud and clear."Things went too far and I ended up hurting her more than I wanted to, I just wanted to have a talk with her but
NICOLE'S POV "Whoa, this place is a mess." I said as soon as we entered our cell and we saw the mess they made... Everything is scattered and it's obvious that they came into this place, I thought that Teresa would have found a way to make them not to come in here but I guess with the warden around, it wasn't possible."Ummm, this means that our cell was searched Nicole, are you sure they didn't find anything?" Ruth asked worriedly."Well they didn't call our names a while ago, that means we are in the clear." I said as I walked over to my bunk to check for the phone I left in my pillow. "You are right though, they found the phone and the weapon." I said as I checked my two hiding spots and I couldn't find both the phone and the weapon. "But we are not in trouble, so that means Teresa took care of it." After all part of what I pay her for is to watch my fucking back and it feels good to know that she's doing her job but I really need the phone."Yeah we are in the clear, thank goodne
ASHER'S POV This is so messed up, I left the house this morning feeling so excited because I was going to see Nicole today but prison life is so unpredictable and now I am back home without being able to see her. I even tried to use my power as a staff to see her even though the visiting day was cancelled but it didn't work."Someone is home early, is this how the visiting normally goes? I was under the impression that you will be with her for hours." Logan noted while playing video games with Aaron.I left them in this same position a while ago when I left for the prison and they are still here playing games."I didn't get to see her." I said as I plopped on the couch."Why, did something happen?" Aaron asked while his eyes remained on the television screen."Yeah, someone was stabbed this morning, so the warden decided to to cancel the visiting so that she can search the inmates. The whole stabbing thing has become too frequent, so I couldn't see her." I explained."Oh that's reall
NICOLE'S POV Three days later..."Arghhh, I feel sick." Ruth whined and I stared laughing. "I should have tried to get some sleep last night." Ruth and I actually tried to sleep but we couldn't sleep, we were just too excited.Knowing that today is Tuesday made me fucking happy, after nine months I am finally getting out. Who the fuck can sleep knowing you are getting out the next morning?"Well we tried to sleep." I pointed out.The moment I started having a tickling feeling in my stomach, the type you get when your going down a roller coaster, I just knew there was no way I will get any sleep, so I didn't even bother to try so hard. I am still having the feeling in my stomach and it will probably end when I finally step out of here."Yes you are right, I was just too excited to sleep. It feels like a dream, it feels so unreal." "Yeah, it feels like a dream." I would have called Mike just to confirm that everything is still in order but I already gave my phone to Shelly just in cas
NICOLE'S POV I can't remember the last time I was this nervous for anything, I have been so nervous from the prison and even now that I am out and free, I am still very nervous... I am fidgety and sweating and I really want to run into my house to see my brother and best friend but I can't seem to get myself to come out of the car.I know they will be excited to see me and I am happy too but it's been like three minutes since Mike parked at the garage and I haven't made a move to step out of the car."Are you ready?" Mike asked when he noticed that I didn't make a move to leave the car."Of course, yeah." I lied because lying was much easier.I mean how do I explain to him that I have been locked up for the last nine months and I have dreamt of this days and now that I am here, I feel awkward and nervous.I reluctantly stepped out of the car and I made my way to the main entrance, my hands shook as I tried to open the door."Wait here boss, give me a minute." I don't understand what
NICOLE'S POV "Oh I really needed that." I said as I finally stepped out of my bathroom.I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a bath like I did a while ago, in fact I almost did not want to step out but I remembered that Betty is waiting in my room for gist, so I reluctantly left my bathroom."I know right, God I have missed you so much." She said and I started laughing."I missed you too." I entered my closet and I am in awe.I am a fashion freak and I can't believe that I left all my designer clothes, shoes and bags behind and stuck to wearing an orange uniform and a white basic shoe for nine months... "Wow." I whispered as I admire my numerous clothes like I just bought them. "Gosh, I have missed everything here."I can't even count the number of clothes that I have and to think I still have more than twenty clothes that are still new and still having tags... I walked over to my casual home cloth section and I picked out a simple black dress to wear.After dressing up, I spraye
NICOLE'S POV I can't believe he just threatened me, is he really going to send me back to prison? I can't believe it, I am the victim here and now everyone is upset and judging me because I want revenge, he ruined my life and sending him to prison is just too easy and I need him to suffer."Nicole, you have to drop this. You heard what he said, are you really going to throw everything you have away because of revenge that won't make you feel any better?" Betty asked as she followed me to my room but I am so upset with her for defending and supporting them instead of supporting me."How do you know, how do you know that it won't make me feel better?" I asked angrily."You have killed five people already, do you feel any better or different than you felt before you went in your adventure of killing spree?" She asked curiously. Why is she attacking me like I am the worst person on earth."No I don't feel better because I have not killed the most important person, Logan is the leader an
ASHER'S POV This is a nightmare, what am I going to do? I went into the room to get my phone to call Logan but his number is unreachable, so I decided to call Aaron instead."Hey man, what's up? I'm right in front of your house." He said as soon as he picked up."Well come in, there is a problem." I said before hanging up the call."Hey, was that not Nicole's car I saw on my way here?" He asked curiously as soon as he stepped in."Yeah, there is a situation at hand Aaron. She just told me now that she left that day because of Logan, she saw the scar on his nipple and that she gave him that scar and the one in his brows six years ago when he invaded her house with five guys and Logan himself raped her but the real problem right now is that she said she will kill him." I informed as I started pacing around again."That's ridiculous, she can't even hurt a fly." He stated while laughing and I see nothing funny here."She can and she will, she has already killed the five guys he went with
ASHER'S POV Today was a long day, in fact the last one week has been ridiculously long. I go to Nicole's office every morning before I go to work and I check her at home every evening after work and honestly, I am tired. I am tired of stressing myself trying to figure out what I did to her that warrants this sudden change... It's been over a week now since she rushed out of here with no explanations, so I have decided to let her be. I am going to give her the space she's looking for, no more chasing after her like a fly, I am done.I made my way to my room after work and I got rid of my suit and I was about to take my shit off when I heard a knock on the door and I made my way out to get it. "Nicole?" I opened the door and I am shocked to see her standing there. "Ummm, come in." I said as I left the way.She's definitely the last person I expected to see standing here today and I am not going to lie, she doesn't look good. Her hair is messy and she has eye bags, she looked stressed a
NICOLE'S POV "I'm going to kill him." The only question now is how and when, I mean I can't just kill him cheaply like I killed others, he was the gang leader and the architect of everything that happened to me, so a quick death will be a waste of revenge... I spent six years of my life looking for him, so I have to give him a befitting death, something worthy of the chase."He deserves a tremendous death." Something grand but painful and slow, I need him to beg for death the same way I begged him now to rape me. I need him to beg for mercy like I did, I need him to offer me things in exchange for his life like my parents offered them everything just to spare me but he refused. I need him to cry, scream, beg, explain why he decided to ruin my family and after that I want him to beg for a quick death while I derive pleasure in watching him squirm.I stayed in bed all day looking for the best way to kill him and everything that comes to mind seems too easy to be compared to what he did
ASHER'S POV If I say that I understand what happened this morning or what's happening right now, it will be a blatant lie. I'm confused as fuck, she came in here looking excited and she even brought food and the next minute, she started acting weird and she was even crying before she rushed out of here without any explanation.I got back into the house and I met Aaron and Logan laughing and eating the same food she brought over."Hey, how did it go?" Aaron asked as soon as he saw me."I don't know, I didn't see her." I pointed out as I plopped on the couch... I am so frustrated and upset, I didn't see my weekend turning out like this.She showed up unannounced and I was really excited about it, I thought we were going to spend the day together but all of a sudden, she saw Logan and she acted like this was her first time of seeing him, they work together for God's sake. If not that I know how much they like each other and get along, I would have said that she doesn't like him because
NICOLE'S POV As I sat on my bathroom floor, the weight of my discovery came crashing down and crushing me, tears streamed down my face like a river and my body shook uncontrollably as I kept sobbing. I want to stop crying but I can't, it's just too much. "Arghhh." I screamed as I gasped for breath, my chest heaved in an unhealthy manner with each ragged breath I took. "Why did it have to be him?" I sobbed as I managed to get up and I stood under the running shower while still wearing my clothes.I just want the water to wash away all the tears, pain and confusion. "Oh my God, why?" My mind reeled of thoughts of desperate answers. "What am I going to do, Asher, Logan... What will I do?" My heart shattered into a million pieces as I found myself drowning in a sea of tears or maybe it's just the water from the shower."Nicole, Nicole." Betty called and knocked but even as I tried to respond, my voice is barely audible. "Your phone is ringing Nicole." She informed and I know without a do
NICOLE'S POV ONE MONTH LATER..."Wow, someone looks nice." Betty said as soon as she stepped into my room and noticed that I that I am dressed.I want to go over to Asher's place to surprise him this Saturday, he is not expecting me but I asked the chef to make something nice that I will take over to them."Thanks girl." I spun around for her in my orange yellow color summer vibe set two piece, it's consist of dark orange yellow T-Shirts and color-block wide-leg pants. It's was part of the things I bought when I went shopping with Shelly and Ruth last month, it's beautiful. "I am going over to visit Asher." I said while smiling."That's nice, anyways enjoy your day. I am going out with Mike too, he wants me to meet his friend." She pointed out and I am so surprised that he even has friends.I have never seen or heard him having a friendly conversation over the phone before, so this is really new to me but I shouldn't be surprised, I mean he is dating Betty right? So he definitely has
NICOLE'S POV The first thing I did when we got here was to send Asher a quick text because I know I can get carried away and forget to tell him.ME: "Hi doctor hot lips, I am around now. We are a bit early, so we will have to wait a bit. How is your day going, if you are not free to come over, don't stress it. We can see at home later in the day." MY BABY:"Oh I am sorry babe but I have a session right now and it just started, so I can't get out of it but I will come over to the house later, you guys should have fun... Love you." I read his text before putting my phone away, I actually didn't expect to see him, I knew he was going to be busy by the time we are here and it's fine, I prefer him to come over to the house anyway.We got to the prison pretty earlier than I thought, we have been here for like five minutes now and it's just fifteen minutes to two which means we will still be here for like twenty minutes or more because of the checking out process... I seriously don't kno
NICOLE'S POV I woke up the next morning to the sound of the shower running and I checked the time to see it's already a few minutes to nine. How does he do it, how does he manage to stay up all night and still manage to wake up early enough to go to work in the morning without feeling exhausted while I am feeling so knackered and to think he did all the work and all I did was to just enjoy it."I can't go to work today." I said when I remembered that I am supposed to go to the prison to pick up Shelly. There is no way I can make it out of bed early enough to get to work first before going to the prison, so I think it's best I stay here and we can leave from here, I really don't have to go to work.I managed to convince myself as I stay in bed, rolling from side to side until I found my phone, I need to call Ruth and ask her to come here instead of going to my office. I called her like twice but she didn't pick. "Maybe she's still in bed or something." I said before tossing the phone