Unbelievable

After Nikolai had calmed me down, he had gotten me a glass of water and helped me wash my face. I had a faraway look as stared into a distance. I knew I was in denial but I wasn’t ready to address the issues that were going through my mind at that point.

“ Brie? “ Nikolai called out in a soft voice.

I blinked repeatedly and looked at my surrounding. There were men going in and out of the mansion like they belonged there. I had never seen that many people in the estate.

“ Did you say something? “ I asked when I saw him looking at me expectantly.

“ The officers want to talk to you about what happened, “ he said as if it pained him to say that. I knew if he could help it, he wouldn’t have let me talk to them.

“ If you want them gone I can-“

“ I will talk to them, “ I said, my voice quivering. I blinked back the tears I felt threatening to gather in my eyes.

I commended myself for keeping it together as I recounted the events of the night. Starting from the moment I went to Lily’s r