EIGHT

"Ashley?" I looked at the man who called me who was inside the car. When I saw who it was, my tears flowed, even more. It was Eugene. "Fuck, why are you there and what are you doing in this place?" he asked then opened the door and immediately got out of the car and approached me.

"What happens, I thought you were with Asher earlier?" I didn’t answer his questions because I was still calming myself from the fear and nervousness I felt. So he sat next to me. "Ashley, are you okay?" he asked me again.

"There's just a misunderstanding," I replied then wiped away the tears.

"And he left you here?" He looked around. I didn't answer again so I heard him sigh. "Alone, in the middle of the night with no one else with you to think that you are a woman," he added.

Eugene let out a series of sighs while I remained silent until he broke the silence again.

"Ashley, nothing is stopping you from speaking."

"Can you drop me home?" Instead of answering