Victoria I sighed and stripped out of my remaining clothing, stepping into the shower and allowing my worries to disappear for just a second. When I was finished, I put my clothes into the hamper there and dried off my skin, walking out of the bathroom to find Landon standing in the closet, trying to adjust his tie. Shaking my head, I went over and stood in front of him, smacking his hands away and undoing whatever it was that he had tried to do.His hands dropped to my hips and he looked at me seriously for a long time. I couldn't even begin to guess what was going through his head and when I was finished, he still didn't let me go."You know why I'm doing this, right?" He asked nonchalantly and I gave him a small, sad smile.As bad as he was at times, I knew he had his reasons. It was clear that he only became angered when I didnt see things the same was he did. And it was evident that he only did the things he did to protect me."Yeah. It's only fair." I replied, my eyes dropping

Victoria "My husband was a really terrible man. He abused the both of us until I couldn't take it anymore. I got us out of there, even if it meant sleeping on the street." That brought me back to my 'mother', and how she always promised that we'd leave soon. But she never wanted to leave it seemed, treasuring the man she once loved so much."I was just here, wondering where our next meal would come from and," She paused, genuinely crying as she looked down at the bags. "Thank you, Sir. Thank you so much." She thanked him and he stared at her for a while before nodding.Then he walked back over to me and I looked at him proudly, giving him a thumbs up but instead, he lowered his head and turned it to the side slightly, making me laugh before I kissed his cheek."Have you learned nothing?" I asked him and he shrugged.I went over to the lady and grabbed the bills from inside of my pocket, handing it to her. It was just over two hundred dollars but I knew she'd need it much more than I

Victoria He went over and opened it then went inside and I hesitantly followed behind, leaving the door open purposely so that if I needed to run, it'd be very easy to escape. He instantly sat on my bed and patted the spot next to him, to which I walked over and sat as far away from him on my bed as possible."You're acting like you're afraid of me." He pointed out, pulling his phone out of his pocket and dropping it onto the mattress."Why did you come over?" I asked, changing the subject instantly and he didn't seem to notice as a smirk began forming on his face."I just wanted to see you." His eyes trailed down my body slowly as he said this and now, I was more uncomfortable than when he first walked in here."Oh, well you've seen me." I said jokingly out loud, but I was very serious inside of my head. He chuckled, reaching his hand out and grabbing mine.He pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around my waist and I instantly shot up and took a step away."I have to use the

Victoria Was I going to die or something? That was the only time that was said to have happened. Well I mean...I really shouldn't be asking that question considering death was sipping his coffee - patiently waiting for me.After a while we pulled away and he nodded once before turning and going over to his car. He waited for me to shut the door first, then he got into his car and backed out of the driveway, speeding down the street like he always did.I locked the doors and windows then checked the house for some reason before taking a bath and throwing myself onto my bed. Today was a really long day for sure. But it wasn't necessarily a bad day. I mean, aside from Milo trying to kill me, I actually had a really good day today.I grabbed my phone and upon turning it on, I saw that I was getting a lot of messages from people, talking about the article from earlier. Some people were asking if it were true, others said that they didn't believe it while the majority criticized me for 'st

Victoria "Just a regular day in my life." I said, grabbing the ointment from inside of the kit and beginning to apply it to his arm."You're going back to the hospital." He told me firmly, no tone behind his voice and I pursed my lips."To do what, Landon? Die there, surrounded by strangers?" I asked and he stared back at me emotionlessly like he always did, trying to figure me out. "That's not what I want." I finished quietly, moving onto another burn at the bottom of his stomach."Tomorrow." He mentioned after some time had passed, changing the subject and I smiled at how good he was getting at this. My smile only widened as I knew what he was implying."You remembered?" I asked, using the mirror behind him to apply the cream onto the burns on his back and he just nodded once. "I don't know what to do." I told him, finishing up and beginning to pack everything away."Come on." He said, walking to the doorway once I was finished and I followed him, confused. He walked all the way do