Chapter Forty-one

Adam shook his head. “OK, look. This isn’t about us, and us fighting isn't going to help the people we care about. In the end, this is about Mia and what she needs. If you think seeing Nick will help, I’ll tell him.”“And you think he’ll come?”“Yeah. He will.” Adam thought about Nick’s face recently, broken and hard and tight. “I know you don’t believe it, but he loves her, Katie. He’ll do whatever he can to make sure she’s OK.”She nodded as relief washed over her. “Can he come tonight around seven?”“I’ll make sure of it.” His voice was a low, sexy growl, and Katie suddenly knew that this man's word was his bond. That Nick was going to be there at seven on the dot. "Leave it with me."****Katie answered Mia’s door, and her eyes widened when she saw Nick standing there. In an instant, she knew that Adam was right to be worried about him. In just a few weeks, Nick had shrunk somehow. He looked physically smaller and emotionally defeated, his confidence and control were gone. He look

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Chapter Forty-two

Katie put on her coat and boots, gathered up her stuff, hoping to God that she had guessed right. Katie was still furious at Nick – she’d cheerfully kick his ass from one side of the apartment to the other, his superior size and strength be damned – and in Katie’s personal experience, men were useless assholes. She, Reena and Maggie had been with Mia through everything: Tom’s arrest and the cops saving all those kids and the investigation. The ladies had fed Mia, gotten her dressed in the morning, made sure she was sleeping for about three hours a night. They'd talked to her, watched movies, helped her do some online clothes shopping.But despite their best efforts and all their love, Katie knew that Mia needed something that only Nick could give her, and that made him important. Essential, even. Mia needed him there with her, needed to hear that he was sorry, needed to be held in his arms. And now here he was, his arms wide open. It amazed Katie to think this after what Nick had sai

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Chapter Forty-three

Three weeks later“I don’t know, Nick.” Mia shook her head. “I’m not sure about this.”He took her hands. “It’s a beautiful spot, Mia. Quiet and peaceful. Jake says that lots of people have found it healing.”“Who’s Jake?”“We went to the same high school, played on the same football team. He was a couple of years ahead of me, but we stayed in touch. He works at a ranch and hotel.”“Where is this place?” she asked reluctantly. "Far away?"“At the foot of the Rockies, about three hours from here. Jake’s girlfriend is the owner and she’s already booked us a cabin for a week.”“I don't know, Nick. This sounds expensive.”“You let me take care of that, babe. OK?”She was silent.“You’ll rest and sleep and get stronger, Mia. Maybe if you get a change of scenery, you’ll even start to write again.” He smiled. “Maybe that literary fiction novel you’ve been thinking about writing for the past four years.” “You think so?”“I hope so.”“And we’ll – we’ll be in separate rooms?”“As long as you w

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Chapter Forty-four

Jake Weston looked at Nick. He was watching Mia and Julie through the window, his face hard and set. Jake knew that expression well: he was sure it had been on his face when Julie had told him about her childhood, and when Vicky’s ex-husband had hurt Julie so badly. He had seen it on Phil’s face in the hospital as he waited for Vicky to come to after a beating that had damn near killed her. It was the look of a man on the verge of losing it.“Can I give you some advice?” Jake asked.Nick’s eyes jerked to his face. “Uh. Sure.”“Things happen to the women in our lives. Bad things, things we have no control over, no matter how much we want to have some control. And when those things happen to them? It makes us furious… like completely fucking enraged. I get that, Nick.”Nick nodded.“But when we get that angry – it makes us unpredictable and volatile and hard. And it scares them, you know. Scares our women. It makes them think twice about being able to talk to us and lean on us. They fee

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All Chapters of Fighting Hard (Fighting For Love 1): Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

Chapter Forty-one

Chapter Forty-two

Chapter Forty-three

Chapter Forty-four