Nonstop To Nowhere - Fallen Angel (Tome I)

Skylar sat on the living room couch, her head in her hands, staring at the floor. She was so lost in thought that she did not even hear the door open revealing Jenny with cluttered hands of shopping bag. The surprise visit of her ex-boyfriend, had totally disoriented her and had brought back memories that she would have preferred never to think again.

- Sky? Asked Jenny seeing her best friend lost on the couch. Is everything alright ?

The dancer, didn't answer. She was drowned in her memories. Good and bad, so she began to tremble.

- Sky, answer me! What is happening ? Is this your boyfriend? Sky ... Said the brunette placing her hand on the shoulder of her friend who jumped at this contact.
- Jen! Sorry, I didn't hear you. What's the matter ?
- It's rather me who should ask you the question. You're weird, it's because of your boyfriend?
- No...
- Sky, please tell me, I see that it something wrong?
- It's Mike.
- Mike? But he's in jail!
- No more, he came to see me an hour ago, before you arrived.
- He didn't touch isn't he?
- No, no, not at all. He asked me if we could start all over again and that he loves me ...

Skylar was totally lost and didn't know what to think. Jenny feared the worst and immediately warned her friend.

- I forbid you to fall for this jerk again ! You're with someone who, even if you don't know much about his life, like you, call you every day or so, and literally revive you, so I refuse you face the stupidity of being with Mike again! Jenny said gently, but firmly.
- I'm not falling for him gain for the simple reason that I'm with Andy and I love him, Jen.
- I know, it's just that I'm worried ...

The two friends still talked together a good hour. Jenny was trying to make her best friend forget her meeting with Mike. This man had ruined Skylar's life and Jenny couldn't have been there to protect her. And for that, she blamed herself to death, even if her friend had repeatedly told her not to feel guilty, she couldn't help but remember the day when Skylar returned home, her lip cut and her body covered with bruises.

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V A R S A W, 2 0 1 4

- You'll listen to me bitch! Mike shouted.
- Mike, I beg you no! Ah! Skylar shouted from the pain of her boyfriend's blows.
- Who was that guy you were talking to? Huh! Tell me ! He screamed madly.
- It was my boss Mike! Skylar shouted in tears.
- Don't take me for a fool!

One, two, then three blows fell. Skylar was trying to protect herself as best she could, but in vain, she received a blow in the middle of the stomach and another near her mouth cutting her bottom lip. Skylar was trying to hold back her tears, because she knew it would make things worse. A few minutes later the dancer joined her executioner in their room and slipped into the sheet.

- I'm sorry to get carried away like that, come gorgeous. Apologized Mike.
- It doesn't matter love. Lie the young woman taking Mike's hand in hers.

He then took Skylar's thighs and brought her closer to him. He kissed her savagely, ran his hands over the thin but marked body of his girlfriend before placing himself on top of her. He undressed her in a few second. He took her breast in his hands and nibbled it. He then explored the intimacy of the dancer. Skylar sighed with pleasure, but she didn't like these gestures. She found it too violent, even in this moments, but she had no choice but to take pleasure, otherwise other blows would fall. He made love to her wildly, almost hurting her, but she had to have pleasure, for her safety, for her own good. Mike took her face in his hand and kissed her on the mouth before falling asleep exhausted. Skylar fell asleep a good hour later wondering why the man she loved had become so violent, him who dared to call her "his ray of sunshine".

The day after that, Skylar waited patiently for Mike's car to come out of the driveway and head east before going to there room to pack her suitcases and call the bank to withdraw the sum of 600,000 Złoty that she hastened to recover and then took the first plane to Miami, Florida. Why this city? Because it was where she lived, it was in this city that her best friends Jenny and Cassie lived, it was here that she built her life and started her career as a dancer. It was just her home. In addition, Miami was thousands of miles away from Warsaw and therefore thousands of miles away from Mike.

When she landed on the American land a good ten hours later, she immediately went to her old apartment where her best friend Jenny was. The latter was shocked at the sight of the blonde girl in front of her door surrounded by suitcases, the lip cut open and eyes reddened by her many tears.

After long hours explaining the why and wherefore Skylar had returned home, the brunette saw red. She wanted to revenged her best friend, but she couldn't do anything except call the police and file a complaint. And that's what she had done despite Skylar protests, Jenny had contacted the Polish police and had literally exploded her phone credit in order to file a domestic violence complaint against the person of Mike Borzov, to her best friend.

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Y O S E M I T E, 2 0 1 7

A few weeks had passed and Skylar hadn't seen Mike again, however, knowing him, he mustn't be far away from watching her. She had become extremely distrustful again and the fear she had managed to silence during many years had woken up again.

Nevertheless, despite all these emotions, the dancer was happy. Amazing isn't it ? And yet ... Skylar was happy, because the man she loved, was going to meet her again in four days and finally allow her to forget all the hassle and enjoy two weeks of romance and pure happiness. But for the moment, it was with her family that she was and was talking to them. Her family was leaving in two days and Skylar had wanted to spend this moment with her, with Jenny's obligation to have fun and forget all these problems.

Skylar had took two days off taking advantage of her familly. Her family had rented a cottage in Yosemite. She took advantage of the calm and beauty of the countryside at that time. Everything was green and beautiful. Her cousin Lucas, with whom she was very close, had come from Toulouse, where he was studying, to visit her. The family was almost all together and she had to admit that it was what she needed to forget Mike and the fact that the man she loved was far from her, but not for a long time.

This is how she spent these two days with her family, a rather quiet stay, drinking and talking with her cousin, her parents and sometimes her other cousins when she managed to leave her Nintendo DS. But now the question she feared the most came:

- So, do you have someone in your life right now? Asked her cousin
- Yes, but I don't really want to talk about it, it's complicated ...
- Ah, I see ... and where did you meet him?
- In a bar, in early July, he is from L.A and suddenly, I made him visit Miami and then we attached to the other ...
- Hmm hum ... What's his name?
- Andy ...
- Hey, it's like Black Veil Brides's singer! Yelled his little brother interfering in the conversation
- Oh shut up with your singers!

It was then that the conversation degenerated into a fight over the music, the musicians and she didn't know what else ... Skylar quickly picked up, preferring to watch her little cousin take care of her dogs and virtual horses.

***

M I A M I, 1 0 - 0 9 - 1 7

6.00 am. Skylar woke up with a startling growl, but jumped out of bed and brightened up when she remembered why she woke up more than early this morning.

7.00 am. The dancer jumped aboard her Mini Cooper and put the Stay Cats at full volume, while driving to the airport like a maniac while missing a stop. Do you see how gangsters leak in movies? Well, Skylar drove as fast as they did. She was in a hurry and excited to find him after those two months of absence.

8.00 am. The plane landed on the land and it took about an hour to pass the customs and collect the luggage, which meant that she was going to be able to jump on his neck around 9.00 am. He as her was impatient to meet again.

8:45 am. Skylar was waiting with other people as passengers from L.A show up. She saw a lot of heads that were foreign to her. She then put herself on tiptoe to see better, but still no trace of the one she loved.

9.00 am. She saw him first and ran to him to cling to his neck. She snuggled against him, inhaling his scent that she had missed so much. He did the same, hugging her tightly, laying a kiss on her head. When their bodies moved away from each other, she smiled at him again and he couldn't help but kiss her passionately.

- I missed you so much ! He said to him.
- You too. I'm glad you're here. Anyway, did your flight went well?
- Yes,it was. But it was long.
- I imagine. Well follow me my car is parked other there. She said as she pointed toward the direction.

He took his luggage and took the hand of the blonde girl. They settled on board, and Skylar wires the ignition and the Stray Cats were immediately heard.

- Oh, sorry ... she said lowering the sound to the maximum.
- No let it put, it doesn't bother me and then, it changes me from what I used to listen ... You can't imagine how happy I am to see you. Said Andy, turning his head towards Skylar.
- I think I do ... She answered him smiling.
- I thought you didn't want a serious relationship, get involved ...
- Ah? Because it's a serious relationship? Damn, I didn't understand that ...
- Stop talking nonsense!
- How do you know if I talking nonsense or not?
- You have that little smirk that means a lot and you bite your lip to not laugh.
- Ok, I admit!
- Haha, I'm maybe tired after eight hours or so of flight, but my brain is still working!

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