@wolfskrieger said - don’t say a word .
She opened and closed her mouth a few times, doing a great impression of a fish out of the water, before finally closing her mouth with a sigh. “I wasn’t going to,” she argued seconds later, which was a blatant lie. He wouldn’t have told her to keep her mouth shut if he truly didn’t expect her to have an opinion on the matter.
Dammit.
This complicated things, didn’t it?
It seemed despite her best efforts the ugliness she dealt with at home had followed her to work finally. She hadn’t wanted Leon or anyone else to know how bad things were, but things had escalated to the point she couldn’t hide it anymore. Her boyfriend was an abusive piece of shit and controlled every aspect of her life; the only freedom she had was when she was at the club.
“I don’t need to be saved,” she murmured finally, but that was a blatant lie.
