Fighter

Sixteen

Your POV

Anger boils in the pit of my stomach as I pack my bag. What kind of man makes a woman afraid of him? Scarlett may have said she wasn't physically afraid of him....but her body expression these past few hours tells me something completely different. She jumps every time the door opens. The anticipation of Colin's reaction and her subsequent anger leaves her nerves frayed. He may not have touched her but the emotional manipulation....instilling fear of what could happen is just as bad. Reminds me of someone I know. Intimidation tactics and threats to get what you want. Some men are just not real men.

I stuff the last of my belongings into my bag and sling it over my shoulder. The moment i open the door i hear his voice. I can't make out the words at first, but I can tell by the tone that whatever he's yelling is despicable. Pure venom drips through each angry syllable. I take the stairs two at a time, the blood rushing through my veins as fast as my footsteps.

I see everything red when I finally see him. Colin pinned Scarlett against the wall, his forearm pressed to her neck, forcing her chin up. His face is pressed against hers, wild and full of rage, his nostrils are flared and spit flies out of his mouth as he screams in her face.

- You're a whore! I should have known that you open your legs to anyone who shows up every time I turn my back.

Too busy threatening a woman with a half his size, he doesn't see when I approach and grab him from behind. I wrap one arm tightly around his neck and use the other to pull him further back, putting even more pressure.

- Do you like that? - I hiss between clenched teeth.- Does it feel good?

I pull further, not to the point of break his trachea, but definitely blocking the air passage.

- Does threatening a woman make you feel powerful? - I turn to Scarlett. She slipped on the wall, her hands are around her neck and tears run down her face .- Are you ok?

She nods her head.

- Are you sure? Let me hear your voice Scarlett.

- I'm fine. - She whispers, coughing between the words.

- If you want to hurt someone, come after me. Stay the fuck away from Scarlett! Stay. Far. Away. From. Scarlett! Are you listening to me?

I have to spell it for the stupid asshole because he's stubborn. I'm about thirty seconds away from suffocating the guy. Just a little more strength and he would spend the rest of his life drinking through a straw. Yet he just stares, trying his best to make eye contact with me. This guy won't back down. Not even a little.

- No.- Scarlett says trying to get up.- It's not worth it Y/N.- She walks inside the counter and takes something from the drawer. It's an electric shock device or something. She approaches us and stands beside us. Colin's eyes follow her even closer, fixed only on her. He's so turned on I don't know if a shock will knock him out.

- Come behind me Scarlett - I instruct, but before she moves, the front door bells ring and Robert enters.

- Damn it! I warn you Colin.- Robert comes towards us without seeming shocked by the scene that unfolds before him. It's obvious he knows how unstable his nephew is.

He looks at the front door and sees the handle hanging down - a result of Colin trying to force the door open - and shakes his head.

- Well what should I do here? -Robert asks calmly as he walks inside the reception. He ducks and comes back with a baseball bat. What the hell else is back there?

- Loosen your grip for me Y/N.- Robert asks. I look at him but I don't answer right away.- I didn't say to let him go, just give him a chance to breathe so we can talk a little bit ok?