Chapter 1

"Are you f****** crazy?"

Mark yelled as I threw his clothes into the suitcase.

"Oh trust me you haven't seen crazy yet."

 I told him as I went to the closet and pulled the drawer out and empty his boxers and socks directly into the suitcase, as Mark walked behind me.

"It was an accident, a mistake really. I didn't mean to, it's just happened."

 I close the suitcase and threw it to the door, we're three more were awaiting for him.

"An accident? Please tell me how do you accidentally sleep with the waitress that I  hired for our club at our anniversary.Are 5 year anniversary Mark." 

He looked at me as if he was doing hard math in his head. With no answer from him I just turned to look what more shit of his was there to throw out. Walking into the living room Mark followed me.

"This was your fault." He said. 

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

My eyes must have turned fire because he took a step back almost immediately.

"Come on Nicole you were hardly ever here anymore. It was either the university or the club, you put me last."  I think my brain couldn't even process what he was saying my eye started twitching.

"And what should have I done leave the university like you and don't have a degree. Maybe if you took care of the club for a change."

"Please, the club is doing just great."

 I have never in my life felt this urge to struggle someone as I am feeling right now staring into his stupid face.

"Of course it's doing great,you know why? Because I managed it ,because you do nothing. I do the orders,I do the books, I plan the shifts,give paychecks. Pay the bills. You just come to our club and play BOSS."

"My club."

Whaaattt?

"I'm sorry, what?"

 I started walking towards him.

"It's my club,...not ours,mine."  My hands start shaking, my head seemed to be in haze. In front of me was a  man who I no longer knew. How can I person be so blind, how did I never see this side of him before. Because surely if known then I wouldn't have all those sleepless nights ,worrying,working, studying,planning OUR future.

"Get the hell out of my house." I pointed my finger to the door.

"Come on ,you know you're gonna regret this Nicole."

"You're the one who's gonna regret everything Mark, without me you are going to lose everything. Because you're ignorant, lazy, sloppy.You are going to be your own undoing. Now get out,OUT!!." I yelled at him as he turned around and walked out the door. I sat on my sofa and waited to hear the main door shut before I start crying.

 I sat on that spot on the couch for what seemed like forever but it was about two hours. It was when I heard the keys in the front door, a pair of heels clicking on the tiles.

"Nick!"

Erica called out my name.

"In here."  I yelled back as I cleaned the tears under my eyes. She came into the living room and threw her bag and jacket onto the sofa before giving me a hug.

"How are you doing? Wait that's not even my first question my first question should be where is he? Did you punch him?Do you want me the punch him because I will punch him." Of course she would, she is my best friend.

"I don't know where he is,I don't care. I kick him out."

"Yes ! Good, you did great.  He is just lucky that I wasn't here because I would take this fake Louboutin from my foot and shouting his a**." No that is Erica for your folks. Even when everything is down,she can make me smile.

"He said it was my fault that I wasn't here enough."

"And of course you didn't take that shit. After busting your ass to finally graduate and on top of that you managed the club. You are always there for him."

 She got up and got 2 glasses and a bottle of  Jack Daniels from the shelf.

"He said it was his club ,apparently I was just an unpaid employee."

 I said as I joined her by the table.

"I just can't believe it, after 5 years he pulls this s***. Unbelievable."

"I honestly can't even worry about that right. I mean I just graduated, everything was supposed to be going forward. I had plans, For us for the club. It was up and rising Erica, I even found a perfect location for the opening and another one. The amount of money that I put into that,  I paid my university with the money my father left me, with some of it I helped him with a club, I even booked a trip for 2 weeks in Spain for our anniversary and now..."

Before my tears went down my eyes I took a sip of drink, the burning down my throat somehow he's my pain.

"Well that's perfect you can still go, get away from this for two weeks get a fresh start for when you come back."

 I looked into her blue eyes with surprise.

"Honestly Erica I don't know how is the trip that we were supposed to take together gonna make me feel better, do you wanna come with me."

"I would love to do but I have exams. But why don't you call the agency and see if you can get an upgrade insted for two person maybe they have a better offer for just one."

 It was a good idea I mean the vacation was unfundable, it's not like I could get my money back so...

"You know what,I'm gonna take a word for it. And how about you house sit for me."

"Great I could use the piece and quiet for studying." This bad a** b**** as you see her is studying medicine. We met when my father got sick, he was sharing a chemo room with her mother, luckily her mother did great, my father didn't take it.

"Cheers to...  two weeks in Spain, and the clean slate." Erica cheers, her glass in the air.

"To a clean slate!"