The days following her departure from the penthouse, Trinity decided to get busy.  When you were busy, you didn't have time to overthink, or think for that matter. When you worked hard, you were too tired to do anything but sleep at night, barring any and all unwelcome thoughts without much effort.  And that's exactly what Trinity had been doing for the past twenty eight days. She'd gotten her old job back as a waitress at Jimmy's despite heavy protests from Casey. But since the woman herself was confined to the apartment, there wasn't much she could do but grumble about how much of an idiot Trinity was. When she wasn't working at the restaurant, she was either at Simon's, helping him out or at home baking something to take for the kids at the orphanage or at the orphanage helping with whatever she could. When she wasn't doing any of that, she spent her time studying for her course.  All in a

Trinity wrapped an arm around Casey's back to support her as she pulled her best friend out of the car in the hospital's parking lot. Once Nigel had rounded the car and was standing next to Casey, supporting her, Trinity let go so she could lock the car."Ugh, stop mollycoddling me, you two. I can walk just fine on my own," Casey huffed, rolling her eyes.It was a few days after when Tyler had come to their apartment that Casey was due for a visit to the doctor to have a look at her still-in-a-cast leg. So here they were, in the hospital's parking lot, ready to go in. "I hate to break it to you Case, but you can't. You can hardly put any weight on your leg, let alone walk," Nigel muttered, looking thoroughly amused as Casey huffed again, trying to balance her weight on her good leg.Suddenly, Casey pulled her shoulders back, looking awfully determined. And then she went ahead and put her weight on h

 A piercing pain at the back of her head was the first thing Trinity registered as she came to, a groan leaving her lips almost involuntarily. "Trinity? Trinity? Are you awake?" Came an urgent, frantic voice from somewhere close to her. In the back of her mind, Trinity knew who the voice belonged to, but in her half awake state, she couldn't quite put a finger on it. When Trinity didn't reply, the voice tried again, more urgent this time. "Trinity?! Are you alright? Wake up, please! Open your eyes! Talk to me!"  Open my eyes? Trinity thought to herself. Opening her eyes seemed like the most difficult task she'd done in a while for her eyes felt heavier than lead, as if someone had glued them shut. She almost didn't want to try, but something at the back of her mind told her to listen to the urgent, nagging voice. So she did. She tried with all her might to peel her eyes open. She le

 "You wanna go first, or should I?" The tattooed guy smirked at his companion, nodding his head at Trinity. His companion laughed, the scar running down the side of his face contracting, making him look almost maniacal. He probably was too if the way he stepped towards Trinity with an evil glint in his eyes was anything to go by.  Tyler struggled harder against his reigns. "Don't you fucking dare touch her! I'll skin you alive if you touch a hair on her head!"  Their kidnappers simply laughed at his useless attempts and baseless threats. Trinity, though, was oddly calm.  She was waiting for either of them to open her bounds so she could grab the opportunity and try to get away from them. She planned on running upstairs and threatening Samantha so their kidnappers would let Tyler go. And then she'd call the police to come rescue them.  It wasn't ex

It was the third day when the police came to take Trinity's statement. She told them everything that had happened truthfully while Dmitri sat there right next to her, all the while holding her hand to show his support. She squeezed his fingers once she was done and the policemen left, promising to put the culprits behind the bars as soon as possible."Are you okay?" Dmitri asked her, pushing a strand of her hair away from her face as he rubbed soothing circles on the palm of her hand. "I'm fine," Trinity whispered back. "I'm glad that that statement is out of the way. I hope they can catch those kidnappers soon.""They will, milaya. I'll make sure of it," Dmitri vowed, his expression grim."I just want this all to be over already," Trinity admitted softly.Dmitri stared down at her, his expression softening almost instantly. "Me