Novas dream has always been to open a bakery of her very own. Well now that she's moved to Galax, Georgia she is living that dream. She's got a lot of work to do on the shop before that happens though. One day as she's working she meets Eleanor, the...
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"Solitary"
Walking outside of Nova's shop I wait till I hear the lock clicking into pace. I look into her deep eyes and see the tears falling. I'm such a fucking asshole. I should have never yelled at her.
I should have never brought home the drama from work. She did nothing wrong and I broke her heart. I start heading towards the tattoo shop with the cool air hitting my back.
I pull out my phone and call Knox. "I need you to come to Nova's shop and stay outside for tonight. You need to watch over her. I won't be there." Saying that my heart just breaks.
Knox tells me "okay" and hangs up. He can tell now's not the time to question why. I walk a few streets over and every inch I'm away from Nova makes my chest feel like I'm being crushed.
Work was awful today. I found out where all the missing money is coming from. Someone has been ordering extra parts and returning them in person. The inventory isn't what we have ordered.
Something fishy is happening and I'll figure it out. Not only is someone stealing but I've taken it out on my girl and now I'm even more pissed. I sent her a message telling her how sorry I am.
Pocketing my phone, I reach the shop. I unlock the doors and take a deep breath. I'll figure out who's backstabbing me and they won't ever be able to do it again. I hope Nova is okay. All I can see is the tears falling from her eyes and how broken she looked.
I head over to the office and lay down on the couch. Sleeping won't come easy tonight but I'm exhausted. Work was so busy today. We had some many cars come in.
Not only that but we had to look into inventory and count all the items to see if that matched up. Which it didn't. I wonder who could be that stupid to steal from me.
I finally fell asleep but I wake up three hours later. I've still not heard from Nova. So I call Knox. "Is everything over at the shop? I haven't heard from Nova at all."
"Everything has been fine. She walked into her office after taking her cake out and I think she went to sleep in there." She fell asleep on the fucking couch. That thing is uncomfortable as shit.
If I didn't feel like shit already then that would have made me take the hit. "Hey, give Axel a call and tell him to take over." I know Nova likes him and I hope he can cheer her up.
He's got darkness to him but he can be full of sunshine as well. I'm not sure how much I like it but I know I can trust Nova and I feel like I can trust Axel as well.
I stand up and stretch, not ready for this day when my phone beeps with a message. It's from Knox. "Axel is on his way over. When he gets here I'll send you a text. Nova is not awake yet."
Thinking of Nova again my heart just shatters. I had no reason to speak to her that way last night. I hope she will forgive me. I start my day by using the restroom and brushing my teeth. Luckily, I keep some clothes here at the shop to change into.
