“Yeah, just fine. Let's go.”
The rest of their shift passed in a blur as they worked together to get everything done. Walking out hand in hand she watched Rae take off across the parking lot towards Emmett and smiled.
At least one of them gets to be happy. Giving a small wave she made her way towards her own car and climbed in before driving home.
Twenty minutes later, Olivia was standing at her door fumbling with her keys when she felt something cold and hard pressed against her back.
“Caught you, Darling. It was naughty for you to run from me like that.”
Olivia froze. His voice sent a chill up her spine. Trying to think fast about how she was going to get out of this one, she cleared her throat.
“David. H-how did you find me?”
“Did you really think that I wouldn’t keep tabs on my property? You can’t be that stupid Cassidy or should I call you Olivia now since that seems to be what you like going by. How’s Nibbles by the way?”
The words she tried to speak were caught in her throat. She couldn’t focus on anything but battling the panic that was bubbling up inside her. Nibbles, he must have done something to her.
“Unlock the door, Cassidy, and don’t even think about making a scene.”
Her hand shook as she tried to unlock the door. She dropped the keys and bent to pick them up when she felt the gun that was pressed to her back dig in a little harder.
“You stupid cunt. You can’t do anything right. Move!”
She felt herself being shoved to the side before she had a chance to catch herself.
Tripping over her feet she slammed into the floor. Taking a deep breath she pulled herself up and tried to slide out of his reach.
“Don’t even think about it.”
She watched David unlock the door before his hand wrapped around arm pulling her inside.
Olivia wasn’t prepared for the smack that crossed her cheek as David backhanded her.
“Oh, Cassidy, how I have missed you. Did you miss me?”
“Why would I ever miss you, you pathetic joke of a man.”
David slammed her head against the wall.
“It seems that this time away has made you forget the lessons that I had worked so hard to teach you. Shame really, but I’m going to enjoy teaching them to you all over again.”
Pain exploded across her side as David threw her against the table dragging her across it by her hair.
Olivia tried to hold back the cry of pain knowing that it would only encourage more from him.
He released his grip on her hair just enough that she was able to slip out of his reach.
Darting towards her room she slammed the door in place before sliding her dresser in front of it.
The menacing laugh she heard before David pounded against the door shook her to the core.
“Oh, so she wants to play. That’s fine, we can play Cassidy. Just remember how much I love to win.”
She heard him start to kick the door trying to push it open. There was nowhere for her to go in here. She was trapped and the only way out was the window.
Olivia threw it open and looked down below. Living on the fourth floor of her building had never been a problem until right now. That was a long fall down, but what was her alternative?
David busted the door down just as Olivia was slipping out the window. A hand grabbed her foot and dragged her back inside as she screamed and tried to kick away from him.
