Addiction

Chapter 20

Eva's POV 

I embrace Ingrid in a long hug once I finally reach her. She hugs back equally as tight and the feeling of her being home safe makes me begin to cry. My soft tears touch her shirt, slowly soaking her shoulder before I pull away. She wipes a few miscellaneous tears off of my cheek before I speak up.

"We were so worried about you." I speak softly before I feel Chris lightly move me out of the way so he can hug Ingrid. She smiles towards me while he does so and after their quick embrace she speaks up.

"I think there's something I should confess to you two about what I was doing at the hospital." She says while now staring at the ground, her hands playing with the long sleeves of her sweater. Chris moved aside and we made our way over to the couch so we could all get comfortable as Ingrid told us her confession. Ingrid sits next to me on the couch while Chris sits in the adjacent sectional before her confession is blurted from her pink lips.

"I was at the hospital because..." She takes a deep breath trying to prepare herself for her own words. I place my hand on her cold one and she calms down under my touch somewhat.

"Jonas raped me the day you picked me up and brought me here. The detective needed me to go have a rape kit made for the case." She says while tears collide against our touching hands. My eyes widen, my breath hitching in my throat as well before I look at Chris. He's just as surprised and shocked as I am at the news and I speak up while Chris tries to contain his tears.

"Why didn't you tell me? I..I'm here for you no matter what Ingrid, you're my best friend." I say as she practically throws herself at me, wrapping her arms around my neck in comfort. I hug her tightly as Chris speaks up over our intimate sisterly moment.

"He's gonna go down no matter what. There is too much evidence that will send him to prison for no less than ten or fifteen years." Chris says while coming to sit behind me, placing his hand on my shoulder delicately before hugging Ingrid and I.

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Ingrid's door shut shortly after she reached the top of the steps. She said that she had felt drained since the medication that the doctor had given her earlier hadn't fully worn off. Chris had left a while ago since he had another meeting today but he said that this one wouldn't be super long since they were only discussing an upcoming party that William was throwing tomorrow. The house was quiet and I wondered what to do with myself for the next few hours. I passed time by scrolling through Instagram and all of my other social media sources before I got a text from an unknown number.

From: unknown

Hey Eva, its Noora. Wanna hang out since the guys will be busy with their meeting?

I smile at knowing that someone actually had wanted to hang out with me and quickly accepted the offer. She told me that she would come over to Chris' in a few and from there we could figure out where we would go. I rush upstairs to put on a pair of dark blue jeans and a sports bra under my grey long sleeve sweater that somewhat resembled Ingrid's that she was wearing. I go to the kitchen and straighten up the mess of food that Chris and I had made before Ingrid had gotten home while thinking of things that Noora and I would talk about. Would she ask about Jonas? Does she know about the case against him?

I wondered how much Chris had discussed with her and the sound of someone knocking on the door brings me out of my thoughts. I walk over slowly and open the door showing her tall, petite figure. She smiles as I move to the side so she can walk in, she goes straight towards the bar stools so she can sit down.

"So what do you want to do? We can go shopping and then come back before the guys are done so we can make them dinner. Or we can do something else?" She offers while giving me a small smile.

"I say we go shopping and then come back to make dinner and I'm sure when we get home Ingrid will be awake so she can help." I say before I grab my purse so we can leave. As we walk out, I send a text to Ingrid telling her where I am and when I think I should be home before getting into Noora's car.

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"Wow. I didn't know that you knew them that long!" I say while being shocked knowing that Noora has known Chris and William for about two years. She's been with William for about that amount of time and has grown to become one of Chris' best friends. She smiles before looking down at her phone while taking a sip from her bottle of water she bought.

"Oh William just said that they got done. They have their meetings like 30 minutes away so that gives us time to go get some stuff for dinner and then go home and start on it." She says while grabbing her bags of clothing that she bought and I grab my own. We make our way out of the semi-crowded mall and go straight towards the car. Once we get to the car, Iben passes by while making deadly eye contact with me. She walks with a large group of girls and eventually all of them begin to stare at me. I get in the car quickly and so does Noora after seeing the dirty looks given off. Once we get to the market, we rush in and grab a few ingredients to make Noora's specialty.

The drive back home is short since Noora speeds and when we arrive we rush inside with the bags to get things started. As I open the front door with the spare key under the mat, Ingrid stands in the kitchen, wiping the counters down. Noora hugs Ingrid softly before I get my turn. She hugs tightly as she had earlier and I can tell that she is feeling a lot better.

"Okay ladies. The boys will be here in like...uh..three minutes so we need to get going on this bomb ass dinner." Noora says before assigning different tasks to Ingrid and I. Ingrid is in charge of peeling potatoes to make for homemade mash and I'm in charge of seasoning the chicken, stuffing it with mozzarella and wrapping it in parma ham. By the time I get the chicken into the oven, I hear the door open with the sound of Chris' contagious laughter.

"It's my two favorite girls and then there's Noora." Chris says while wrapping his arms around my waist and placing a loving kiss to my neck. Noora flips him off before they hug and then he head over to hug Ingrid for a long time, saying through their embrace that he was glad that she felt better.

"Get out you wild beast. I'm trying to make us dinner." Noora tells William as he begins looking at what we are making. William obliges Noora's wishes before placing a kiss to her temple and dragging Chris out with him as they turn on the fútbol match. I open up two beers for the boys before walking over with them and handing it to them. Chris thanks me by place a kiss to my lips softly and I return back to Noora's side to help finish up dinner. Since there wasn't much left to dinner, I kindly set the table for five people and begin to help Noora make plates for the boys first. The boys sit down and wait for us three to get our plates before they start eating. Just as Ingrid sits down next to me and Noora across, the doorbell chimes throughout the house.

"I'll get it?" Ingrid says with a confused look. Was anyone else expected to come over? I asked myself before looking towards Chris. I stand to go look with Ingrid and once the door opens, the devil comes into plain sight. Jonas stands with his hand against the wall, speaking up with a slurry tone.

"Hi babes. Mind if I come into your nice home?" He says with a devilish smile before barging past Ingrid and I, knocking me to the ground on his way in.