"Chris who's at the door?"

"Don't worry about it. I'll be there in a minute." He says

I walk out to see Melanie standing there. She looks shocked and glances down to my right arm.

"Melanie what are you doing here?" I ask

"I came here to see what happened between you and Scarlett." She says

"Didn't she tell you?" I ask

"No, she just told me she's cancelling the wedding so I thought you had something to do with it." She says

"What?" Chris and I ask at the same time.

"Yes. She canceled the wedding. She didn't say why so I thought you might know." She says

"I.. I just found out from you." I say shocked.

"So you didn't do this?" She asks

"No.. I didn't." I say and she nods.

"What happened to your arm?" She asks

"I fell off my bed." I lie and Chris throws daggers my way.

"Ouch, does it hurt?" She asks

"No. It's good right now." I say

"Would you like something to drink Melanie?" Chris asks

"No thank you. I was on the way to Scarlett's. I need to speak with her." She says

"oh, thats alright." Chris says forcefully

"Okay. I'll be sure to say hi." She says

"Okay, buh bye" Chris says and closes the door after her.

We just stare at each other in shock

"What the fuck just happened?" He asks and I shrug my shoulders.

"Maybe she confessed what happened and had to cancel." I say

"I doubt she would do that just like that. I mean she's pregnant right?" He says

"I don't know what to think anymore." I say

"You don't have to. It is not your mess to think of or to handle. Just go back to work and try to forget this shit." he says putting his hands in my shoulders

"I guess you're right." I say and go back into my room. I finished a lot of work after all and it was starting to get late. I didn't even realise that it was almost 7 pm. I lay down on the bed and fall asleep in a matter of seconds. I thought I needed just to rest my eyes.

I walk through the hallways going up to my room. I can't take this anymore I need to pack up and leave. Leave for good. I get out my suitcase from under my bed and start to pile clothes inside. I take a backpack as well and just put my essentials inside. I will leave for Spain. Thats what I'll do. We have a house there. They will be away from me and I can finally have a minute of peace and quiet. As I am putting my toothbrush into my backpack I hear my father shout from behind my door.

"Lena open the fucking door this instance!" he yells

"No! I am not opening the door unless you leave!" I yell back.

"Lena you're acting like a little brat come back here!"

"I go out and what will you do? HUH? You'll hit me again? Not happening. I am not an idiot for god sakes." I yell

He begins to hit my door hard but I know he will not get through. The dickead put hardwood doors through the entire house. There is no way you can break through them or the lock.

"Lena darling can you please come outside. We just want to talk. Listen to your father." I hear my mother say from the outside.

"I am not listening to a word that man says! He's dead to me for all I care!" I yell and the noise stops. I hear steps and all of a sudden my mother speaks again.

"Lena, you shouldn't have said that. He, he left. You can come out if you want."

I stay quiet and finish packing my bags. I take my credit card and my keys. I am getting out of here. Once and for all. I open the door and see that there is no one there. I take the opportunity and make a run for the door. I am in the foyer when all of a sudden my bags drop and I am pinned on the wall by my neck.

"Where do you think you're going you little shit?!" He spits out.

"Away.. from you." I say barely. I can't properly speak because he has hands around my neck.

"Who says I'll let you!" He yells into my face.

"Oh dear heavens, Mr Adams there is a call for you." Miriam says looking at us in shock

"I'll call them back. Tell them I'm a bit busy at the moment." He says not tearing his eyes away from me. Miriam nods but looks at us with teary eyes.

"Go Miriam." I croak out and his hold gets tighter

"You you do not deserve to live. You hear me?! You made me lose three milion pounds! I could have invested that and made a fortune! You ruined a once in a life time opportunity." He yells

The room starts to spin and my head starts to buzz. I think I am loosing oxygen.

"William let her go! You're suffocating her." My mother says from the staircase. Finally someone says a thing.

"Why should I? So she can embarrass us even more!?"

"Please let her go. If she wants to leave she can." She says quietly.

He lets go of me and I fall to my knees. Coughing up trying to get some air. The room stops spinning and my head stops hurting.

"Don't do anything stupid." He spits out and kicks my backpack across the room. I finally stand up to my feet and he leave the room and runs up the stairs. I pick up my back pack from the floor and toss it over my shoulders. I take my suitcase and head to put some shoes on.

"Where will you be at?" My mother asks looking rather guilty

"I don't know yet." I lie.

"Let me see your neck." she says tilting my chin. I move from her grasp finish putting on my trainers.

"Do you need any money? I can send you some right now." she says

"I don't need your money. I am completely fine on my own." I say and step outside. She follows behind me.

"Will you always run away from your problems like this?" She asks

I turn around to face her.

"If you keep doing this is will turn into a habit." She says and I turn around to go to my car.

As soon I close the door to my car I jump awake. I check the time to see that it is 12pm. I go splash some water on my face to wake up myself from this horrible dream. I glance at myself in the mirror and see sweat stains all over my body. I hop in the shower and try to calm my breathing wile we're at it. After I stepped out and got dressed I head a knock on my door.

"Lena, can I come in?" Chris asks

"Yes." I say and with that he opens the door. He sees my wet hair and looks at me strangely.

"What happened? Another nightmare?" He asks

"Yeah. Something like that." I say

"Was it your parents again."

"I'd rather not talk about it Chris."

"Are you okay?" He asks sitting down next to me on my bed.

"I'm good. Don't worry." I lie

"I have a feeling you're telling me this just so I leave you alone." He says and I smile at him.

"Don't worry about me. I'm totally fine." I say.

"If I hear you screaming again I will sleep on the floor if I have to." He says standing up.

I was screaming in my sleep?

"Alright. Get some sleep. I'll be in my room learning lines." he says and leaves my room.

I lay back down and put a blanket over me. She comes into my mind again. I stopped thinking about he almost for the entire day. I remember her fingers on my skin and her lips that used my skin for her own motive. She left bruises on mu entire body that night. I'd call them love bites but I doubt that there was any love behind them. I'll call them what they look like. I don't even want to begin to thing what they could be.

I wonder if she and Colin had a fight. How did they resolve everything. I can tell they didn't resolve it. I just want to know did she tell him. Or did he find out. I don't remember leaving her with any love bites. Although I do remember biting her skin. Her sweet sweet skin.

The interesting thing Scarlett and my mother have in common is the fact that both of them had an impulse to comment on the way I deal with things; by running. My mum warned me that could become a habit and Scarlett noticed it is a habit. I think it is a good coping mechanism. I distance myself from the problem. Out of sight out of mind. I return once I don't feel pain from it anymore.

That day I remember vividly now. I remember I ran away to Spain and stayed there for almost three months. I returned when my semester started again but I didn't come back home. I lived in the dorm for the entire semester and then at the end I came back home. My father avoided me for months after that and when I graduated he started to talk with me again. He employed me at our company and made me work under him. I hated every minute. Now I do the work he did.

When I think of it I do a shit ton of work. I run a bloody company from another continent and I take care of the foundation with the help of my uncle. I like it that way though. I like running something and keeping it in control. Maybe that makes me a control freak. I don't care enough to change that about myself. People aprechiate my work ethic and so do I. I get things done, one way or the other.

I get a text message from Scarlett.

Scarlett

Lena

Scarlett

Can we talk?

Lena

No.

I turn off my phone and go to bed. I am done being a fucking doormat. She will not walk over me once again. Actually never again. She can find another person to fall hopelessly in love with her.

"I don't know who made you think you can achieve anything you desire to. You're a failure Lena. Thats all you will ever be." My father yells at me.

I can't answer though. My lips won't move nor will my body. I can't move a bloody finger. All I can do is move my eyes. Follow him as he walks through our family living room.

"What made you do such a thing? What urged you to sleep with another female. Hello! Are you insane? Is this what you're ready to do for attention?!" He yells

"Answer me for Christs sake! What you can't talk now? Cat got your tounge or some stupid shit once again?!"

"Answer me Lena"

"Answer me why would you try to humiliate me?!"

"Why are you not speaking!"

"Lena!"

"Lena Adams"

"Lena for fucks sakes wake up."

With that I jump up. I see Chris sitting down on the bed next to me. Holding my shoulders.

"Oh thank God." He mutters and hugs me.

"What happened?" I ask

"You tell me. You were screaming out your lungs here. You cared me to death." He says still holding me.

"I'm sorry Chris. It was just another silly nightmare."

"I'm beginning to think these nightmares are far from silly Lena." He says quietly.

"The're.. the're nothing I can't handle." I say

"For the record I am not falling asleep on the floor. I'll sleep next to you." He says getting into my bed.

"Wouldn't Selena mind?" I ask

"Do you want me to get her out of bed to ask?" He asks

"No, It's the middle of the night. I just don't want to cause trouble."

"Don't worry. She couldn't care less about me and you. She adores you, you know that yourself."

"Now enough talking about my beautiful and wonderful girlfriend. Lets go to bed."

"okay." I say and lay back down

"Can I be the small spoon?" He asks

"Of course" I say

"Yess. I'm always the big spoon with Selena." he mutters

I chuckle at that and fall asleep with my hands around Chris and his hands holding mine tightly.