MICHAEL
“Wow,” Nic sighed, looking up at me from where she was lying on my lap. “That’s a lot to take in.”
“I know; sorry to drop all of that on you at once,” I apologized. I hated talking about my life in Stary, but she wanted to know everything that had happened since she left. There were few people I’d tell the truth to, but I wasn’t going to keep it from her. I knew I would have to tell Quinn one day, but I didn’t want her to look at me the way Nic was looking at me now.
She put her hand on mine and lightly squeezed it, “I knew he was abusing you, but I didn’t know how bad it got….”
“No one knew,” I shrugged. “We got out, and that’s what’s important.”
“And now he called and threatened you?”
“Yea, he left that message on the machine when we got back from the tournament, and now m
