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-Brian’s POV-

Phil the doorman smiled at me as I was coming down the stairs.

“Thanks for making sure she got in safe.” He said. I nodded.

“Sure, it was no problem.” He nodded and took out his cigarettes.

“It’s been a rough year for Kate, it’s gotten better though since that asshole left.” I tilted my head and lit my own cigarette.

“Her old boyfriend, a real piece of work that guy. He’d do anything to get past me, he even told me that someone had got hit by a car down the block. And I believed him.” I shook my head.

“Why didn’t you just let him up?” I asked. He exhaled smoke and looked at him.

“Well you swear not to tell her I told you?” He said. I nodded and inhaled my cigarette.

“He beat her up real bad. One time it was so bad she had to go to the hospital. After that time though she called the police on his sorry ass and I was instructed to keep him out at all costs.” I coughed and almost dropped my cigarette.

“But I haven’t seen him around for a while but you can never be too careful.” He said. I nodded and took another drag.

“Well you best get going, it’s pretty late.” I nodded and we shook hands and I took off to the hotel we were staying at.

When I got in, Matt was hanging up on phone.

“Hey man, where’d you disappear to?” He asked. I sat down on the couch.

“I ran into Kate at Starbucks so I chilled with her for a while.” He nodded.

“Hey check these out.” I said, handing him the photos Kate took.

“Wow these are really great, where’d you get them?” He asked. I smiled.

“Kate took them when we weren’t paying attention.” He shook his head.

“Matt, I was thinking about something, her job really sucks. She hardly gets paid and she has to kiss ass to a woman who could care less what her name is.” Matt nodded and grinned at me.

“I think I may have a solution to her problem.” I smiled and nodded then we both got up and went to our rooms.

-Normal POV-

Kate woke up a few hours later for work. She quickly showered then dressed in a black dress shirt and white dress pants. She tucked her hair in a beanie and left for work. Andrea was looking at the photos when she came in.

“Kameron, these are amazing. I really did a great job didn’t I?” She asked. Kate nodded and went to her office. A few minutes later, her desk phone rang.

“Andrea Amino, great send them up.” She said. It was the front desk secretary. The guys were here.

In order to get to Andrea’s office, they had to stop in Kate’s first. A few seconds after the phone call, she heard a knock at her door.

“Come in.” She said. The door opened and Brian and Matt stepped through.

“Hey guys, have a seat. I’ll tell Andrea you’re here.” They smiled and sat down in the two chairs in front of her desk. Kate stood up and walked over to the door that connected the two offices.

“Matt and Brian are here.” She said. Andrea nodded.

“Send them in, send them in.” She nodded and turned around.

“She’s ready for you.” Kate said with a smile. The guys smiled back and went in. Kate shut the door then went to the snack machine.

Andrea stood as the guys entered her office.

“Matt, Brian, so good to see you again.” The nodded and sat down.

“Now, let’s take a look at these photos.”

They looked over and picked about 20 photos to use in different magazines.

“Now is there anything else I can do for you?” Andrea asked them. Matt looked at Brian, who nodded.

“Well, we were wondering if maybe we could take Kate off of your hands.” Matt said. She looked at them both then sat back in her chair.

“Take her off my hands?” Matt nodded.

“We need a photographer on tour with us. We had to fire our last one because he was selling photos without our permission. And we think that Kate would be perfect for the job.” Brian said. Andrea took a breath and leaned forward.

She pressed the intercom button on her desk.

“Kate, I need to see you in my office.” Kate nearly choked on her snickers bar. Andrea said her real name. She swallowed and got up and went in the office.

“What do you need Andrea?” She asked. Andrea smiled.

“Sit down Kate.” Brian stood up and Kate took his spot.

“Kate, your time here has ended.” Kate’s eyes bulged.

“But Andrea, what did I do wrong?” Andrea smiled wider.

“You did nothing wrong dear, a better job has just come along for you.” Kate raised an eyebrow.

“What?” Matt spoke up.

“Well, if you want we would really love for you to be our tour photographer.” Kate jumped up and grinned.

“Seriously?!” Brian chuckled and Matt nodded. Kate laughed and jumped around.

“Andrea are you sure it’s alright?” Andrea nodded.

“Kate, you’ve gotten all you can from this job. And I’ve seen your work and I know you’ll make it very far in the industry. And if you ever need anything please give me a call.” Kate teared up and hugged Andrea.

“Thank you for everything Andrea.” Andrea patted her on the back and they separated.

“Now gather your things quickly, you’ll be leaving soon.” Kate nodded and they guys followed her to her office.

Brian and Matt were both smiling as she packed up her desk.

“This is for real right?” Brian laughed and Matt nodded.

“Yeah. Brian showed me your work last night and I was blown away.” Kate blushed.

“Well thank you very much.” They nodded.

When Kate was all packed, she handed her boxes to the guys and walked down to Torri’s office.

“Hey.” She said. Torri stood up and started to cry.

“I heard. I’m gonna miss you.” She said. Kate hugged her.

“I know. I’ll miss you too.” Torri pulled away and pointed at Brian.

“You guys better watch out for her alright?” They looked at each other and nodded.

“Of course. Don’t worry, she’s safe with us.” Torri nodded and gave Kate one last hug.

“Be good okay?” Kate laughed and nodded and they walked out of the building.

“Ok we gotta be outta here in two hours.” Matt said. Kate nodded.

“Do you want us to come with you and help you pack?” Brian asked. Kate shook her head.

“No it’s alright, meet me out front in two hours.” She said. They nodded and they called two different taxi’s.

Phil opened her taxi door when she pulled up to the building.

“Home early Miss Kate.” He said. She nodded.

“I got a better job Phil! I’m going on tour with a band!” He smiled and hugged.

“Well congratulations Miss Kate.” She smiled and went up to her apartment.

She took off her heels and went to the bedroom. She pulled down her two big suitcases and threw them on the bed.

“Alright, now what to pack?” She asked herself.

About an hour later, she had most of what she was taking when she heard a knock on the door.

‘Must be the guys.’ She thought.

“Come on in.” She called. The door opened and someone walked in. When they didn’t say anything, Kate went to the living room.

She opened her mouth to say something, but when she saw who was standing in her doorway, her breath got caught in her throat.

“Sc-Scott.” She choked out. He glared at her.

“What are you doing here?” She asked.

He didn’t answer. He took one step closer to her then pushed her shoulders with such force, she fell into her end table by her couch, sending her and it across the room. She layed on the floor crying and tried to get up. Scott walked over to her and picked her up by her throat and lifted her up and slammed her into a wall. Kate screamed out in pain. Scott cocked his arm back and punched her in the face, splitting her lip. Blood trickled down her chin. He tossed her to the side and this time her back hit the coffee table, knocking the wind out of her. She just stayed on the ground coughing and trying to get her breath back. Scott tore through the apartment. Throwing dishes onto the ground. Glasses against the walls. He even took the kitchen table and flipped it over. Kate struggled to get back to her feet. When he saw her, he flew at her and tackled her into the bedroom. She hit her head going down and saw stars. He took the advantage and started kicking and punching her. Kate drew herself into a ball and just let it happen.