(Briar's POV)
"It's nice to see you're healing well." Marisal said as she checked off inventory.
"My make-up is covering most of the bruising on my face and well... you can't see the rest of my body but, it isn't so bad now." I replied as repulsed from the memory of being attacked and almost raped.
"So, does that mean you are in the clear? No STD's?"
"Dr. Hodgens said everything came back negative. I just have to go back every three months for at-least a year just to make sure."
"Just don't have any kind of relations with anyone for a while." Marisal advised.
"Mar... what kind of girl do you think I am?" I asked in a sarcastically offended way.
"I wasn't trying to assume anything, Dear."
I laughed, "Well, rest assured. My innocence is fully intact."
"So, that nasty man didn't...?" She asked with raised eyebrows.
"Nope, the police got there just in time. He had knocked me out and I guess they came in just before he raped me."
"Bless your heart. I know you must feel violated anyway though. But, at-least you still have your virginity to give away to the person of your choosing." She said as she placed her hand over mine.
"That may be a while," I smiled, "not to mention, the muffin shop opens for no-one." We both laughed.
"I completely understand. At-least you don't have a different guy for everyday of the week." Mar hinted.
"Who Ella? She's just a big flirt. Guys are just so willing to fall into her lap and allow themselves to be wrapped around her little finger. Besides, she doesn't sleep with all of them. I know she has only slept with a couple." I defended Ella, even though I was mad at her.
"So, what's the situation with you and your ex? Rekindling old feelings?" She questioned.
"Not a chance in hell. I'm just having coffee with him, I haven't seen him since we broke up."
"How long ago was that?"
"Almost two years. I was still working with my dad when we broke up."
"Did you reach out to him?"
"Actually, he just showed up at Ella and Khy's house. He brought me flowers. I think his stepsister, Miranda, told him about what happened between her and Ella." I replied.
"Why did he wait so long to look you up?" She asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"He probably thought I wouldn't talk to him after I caught him and Miranda in the bed together the night I broke up with him."
"He was sleeping with his stepsister?!?" Marisal asked in total shock.
"It looked that way to me." I shrugged.
"Well, I wouldn't want to talk to him even two years after breaking up with him if he was porking his stepsister. That's just... ew." She scrunched up her nose.
I half smiled.
"So, you just want to bury the hatchet? Play catch up if you will?"
"Something like that. I guess I just want an explanation. I want to know why he cheated on me that night. We had a great relationship and I just want to know that I didn't do anything wrong." I sighed.
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By Candlelight ( a 1D FanFic)
FanfictionI looked over to my newly acquired husband who was already looking at me. There I was, getting lost in his eyes as we sat in a horse drawn chariot, perfectly decorated for our special day. All the questions from the paparazzi and camera flashes seem...
