The Scarred One by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2014-11-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Henry finished putting away the groceries he’d gone to get as Lydia made her appearance. She was no longer dressed in Donna’s maternity wear but in a pair of duck pajamas. Her hair was bound up on top of her head, and she rubbed her eyes as she walked out of her room.

“That bed is the best thing I’ve ever slept on.” She didn’t stretch or complain.

“How are you feeling?” he asked, watching her move as she took a seat at the kitchen counter. She’d been out for most of the day. He’d taken the time to clean and go shop. For the longest time he’d not been in this apartment, and he didn’t like the feelings it was all inspiring.

When he and Caleb went into business and had a successful, profitable year with Ecstasy along with their less legal businesses, he’d bought this place.

The entire apartment building was pure luxury, something he’d never lived in. His mother had been a whore and his father a pimp or a john. Growing up in the gutter he was used to being looked down upon. When he got older he’d learned to use his fists to get what he wanted. Fighting illegally got him away from his mother and the place where he grew up.

Meeting Caleb had been brilliant. They’d clicked instantly, neither wanting to spend the rest of their lives together fighting.

“I feel better, much better.”

One of her hands went to her bound ribs.

“You don’t have to worry. I’m not going to kick you out on the streets if you’re feeling better.” He flicked the button on the kettle and turned back to gaze at her.

She looked so beautiful even without all the makeup she usually wore.

“I don’t know what to say to you,” she said.

“There’s nothing you need to say.”

“You’re like two different people, one that I like and the other that you need to be for the rest of the world to see.” She held her hands together in front of her. “Which one’s the truth?”

Neither was the truth. When he was around Lydia he wanted to be what she deserved. He was so used to women taking his money that he really didn’t know what to say to her.

Taking down a couple of cups from the cupboard, he started to make them both a coffee. The last time he’d been cruel to her he lowered his guard and they ended up getting taken. He didn’t want to put her in danger again.

“Henry?”

“Nothing is real. Okay. I’m being considerate.” He placed a cup in front of her.

Before she woke up, he’d gone into the room where he’d packed away all of his hobbies years ago. The business had come first above anything else.

The scars on his face had been the start of his spiral, and then something had snapped inside him and he hadn’t come back to this apartment.

“Something is real. This place, I wouldn’t expect it from you. You’ve never given me any sign that you’re not a, erm, a criminal.

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