Chap-48*Hand In Hand*

I thought he was going to punch me, but when I opened my eyes again, I found a hole in the wall. His hand was bleeding, but his fist was still pressed against the wall.

"If it was someone else, it would have been their face, not this wall," he muttered in a grumpy voice. Tears of anger had appeared in his eyes this time.

"You are a monster," I muttered at his face, not really afraid of him anymore. So what if he punches me? It’s not like I am not getting punched with their verbal abuse.

"You say that again---" he tapped his fist on the wall and stepped closer, making my back press hard against the wall behind me. However, I didn’t break the eye contact with him.

"And you will humiliate me in front of the town with false accusations like you did to Felicity?" I didn’t let my voice shake this time. We have been going back and forth for months. It was time he heard it from me.

"I did not punish her for nothing," he retorted as he closed his eyes in anger.

"You punished her because she