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The door dinged as I pushed it open leaving the shop. I hated that I could no longer run as my right knee was still painfully sore from my morning therapy. The nerve he had to show up here, why would he do this to me.
          	
          	I heard the door reopen but I refused to look behind me as I walked to my car parked on the street. He followed behind me as I heard footsteps approach me. Closer, closer, almost touching me. I froze two steps from my car door, as I reached out to the door handle I felt a flutter of a breeze as if he had tried to reach out and touch me. I didn't flinch as much as I had wanted too. I sucked in a deep breath and slowly turned to face him. It had been months since I had seen his gruesome face, even after all this time there was something in the way that he looked at me that chilled me down to the bone.
          	
          	He was so close that my coat brushed his hip as I turned. I stepped back almost leaning into my car, he was close, way too close to me. I couldn't breathe. 
          	
          	"Why are you here Nico, it's too dangerous for you to be seen with me. You know this." I spit from the tip of my tongue. 
          	
          	He rocked back onto his heels putting his hands in his pockets and my throat closed up at the motion. 
          	
          	"You need to come back, it's time" he hummed.
          	
          	I pushed myself away from car into him, I was beyond furious "time, what fucking time? Bullshit. I will not come back to the family"
          	
          	He stepped even closer into my space "it's for your own good."
          	
          	"My own good, my own good! Look at me Nico, I can barely fucking walk." I squeezed the bridge of my nose knowing what I was about to say was a low blow. Even for me "thanks to you, I will never fucking go back to the family. You ruined my life Nico, I trusted you and look where I'm at, this is all on you."

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The door dinged as I pushed it open leaving the shop. I hated that I could no longer run as my right knee was still painfully sore from my morning therapy. The nerve he had to show up here, why would he do this to me.
          
          I heard the door reopen but I refused to look behind me as I walked to my car parked on the street. He followed behind me as I heard footsteps approach me. Closer, closer, almost touching me. I froze two steps from my car door, as I reached out to the door handle I felt a flutter of a breeze as if he had tried to reach out and touch me. I didn't flinch as much as I had wanted too. I sucked in a deep breath and slowly turned to face him. It had been months since I had seen his gruesome face, even after all this time there was something in the way that he looked at me that chilled me down to the bone.
          
          He was so close that my coat brushed his hip as I turned. I stepped back almost leaning into my car, he was close, way too close to me. I couldn't breathe. 
          
          "Why are you here Nico, it's too dangerous for you to be seen with me. You know this." I spit from the tip of my tongue. 
          
          He rocked back onto his heels putting his hands in his pockets and my throat closed up at the motion. 
          
          "You need to come back, it's time" he hummed.
          
          I pushed myself away from car into him, I was beyond furious "time, what fucking time? Bullshit. I will not come back to the family"
          
          He stepped even closer into my space "it's for your own good."
          
          "My own good, my own good! Look at me Nico, I can barely fucking walk." I squeezed the bridge of my nose knowing what I was about to say was a low blow. Even for me "thanks to you, I will never fucking go back to the family. You ruined my life Nico, I trusted you and look where I'm at, this is all on you."

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I waited in line, peaking at the menu already knowing what I was going to order. The girl in front of me walked up to the counter and rattled off some complicated coffee order. 
          
          I waited for the batista to sounter off to make some unnecessary drink. I just wanted my damn tea and a coffee cake. I hated Wednesdays they were my least favorite day of the week. I tapped my foot on the floor impatient leaning against my cane. 
          
          A cool breeze wiped around my neck as I heard the chime of the door open behind me. I pulled my coat up around my next to ward off the shiver down my back. A sweet pine smell engulfed my nostrils and I froze instantly. I knew that sent, they smell belonged to one person and one peraon only. The hairs stood up on my neck as I heard heavy foot falls make there way behind me. I refused to turn around.
          
          "You gotta a lot of balls coming in here" I sneered at the visitor behind me. The girl in front of me grabbed her coffee and headed towards the door. As she looked up the stranger behind me caught her eye, she winced and scurried away. 
          
          It was him, no doubt. People typically had that reaction to him. 
          
          He didn't respond, so I continued to the counter and placed my order.
          
          "Cat got your tongue love" I refused to let him know how much he unsettled me. "Things must be real bad for you to come out in public like this."
          
          I half glanced over my shoulder and catch the view of a baseball cap and collar pulled up around his face. I wouldn't fully look at him, I just couldn't. 
          
          "You need to come back" he rumbled. That deep scratchy voice made the hair on my neck stand up. Why did he always do this to me. I sighed and grabbed my tea and coffee cake from the barista.

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Hello my lovely followers. It has been a hot minute  since I have updated a story. I recently made an update to the last posted chapter of venomous which I hope you all enjoy. I recently read some amazing books by someone I follow called Dressage Geek. Be sure to check them out! Chevron is my absolute favorite