"I just want to be able to understand what happened"Dominic said and angel nodded. she began picking at the skin on the palm of her hand, her eyes kept wandering frantically between his eyes and her lap and her hands.
"Where do you want me to start?" she asked finally looking up at him directly in the eye and crossing her arms, he looked over at Fran then back at Angel "as far back as you can" she nodded again
"So, I've always had a bad relationship with my parents. and i guess that helped me to get attached to the wrong sort of people" she said and let out a soft laugh but it was obviously a sad one.
Fran was intensely watching between Dominic and Angel to make sure that if he had to, he could intervene.
"Anyway, I was in a... toxic relationship when I was in high school" she said as she began to shake uncontrollably still not crying or wavering as she spoke.
"And when I tried to leave him, he... I don't really remember much of what happened. The last thing I remember I was... walking back to my brothers house and he grabbed me from the side of the road. He injected me with something and...that's all I remember"
She let out a deep breath and Dom looked up from his notes and sighed
"And, what was his name?" Dom asked
"Phoenix, Phoenix donovan" she finally said. Dom immediately looked at Fran and Frans eyes froze on Angel.
Dom was about to say something when Peyton walked into the room
"I'm sorry to interrupt, well, I'm not. But I'm stealing Angel for a moment" she looked at her brother and Dom and motioned her head for Angel to follow her.
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Peyton opened the second guest bedroom door, that was hers, adiens and the kids. And locked it behind her and Angel.
Angel sat down on the bed, her chest heaving fast and she looked around desperately trying to look at something that could stop the tears.
She was clenching and unclenching her hands repeatedly, Peyton noticed, grabbing Angels hand and holding it, without saying a word
Angel looked down at it teary eyed, and let the tears fall. Peyton grabbed her bringing her into a hug, and letting her sob.
"I...I heard what you were talking about with them. I know we've known each other for a day" she said and chuckled "but I want you to know, you EVER need to talk, I'm here for you. Or if you just wanna drink and cry, we can do that too" they both laughed and Peyton wiped the tears on Angel's cheek.
"You know, I've never drunk alcohol" Angel said and Peytons jaw dropped and Angel smiled at her and laughed lightly at her reaction.
"You've never had like even a SIP?" She said emphasising the sip, Angel shook her head at her and bit the inside of her cheek, another tear fell but it wasn't a sad tear, she just felt at peace.
They both continued to sit and laugh with each other but the boys downstairs were doing anything but that.
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"Phoenix Donovan. I thought he died" Dom said and Fran was still stunned just staring into space, his face went from shock to anger.
"After the barn blew up, I swear he was dead" dom said again, but looked at Fran to see how angry he was getting. His hands were clenched in anger.
He got up without a word to Dominic. "Hey! Where are you going kid?" He said to Fran, who turned around, his jaw clenched. "I'm gonna go find him"
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Living This Way....
RomanceA police officer gets his job at the age of 20 and looses a woman on his watch, he was celebrating and got taken away, for the next two years of his life the only thing on his mind was finding this now 22 year old woman and stopping the man behind i...
