Chapter Twenty-Three

It’s been a week since I had that meeting with Jacob, it was finally time for me to get back to work. My face had somewhat healed, it wasn’t as bruised anymore but the cuts and gashes were still there. My boss did tell me I can have more time off, but honestly, I needed to get out the house and allow my mind to think about others things. Sitting in the house all day allowed thoughts of Markus, worrying about everything with Jacob but also, the memory of the attack to consume my mind.

Austin was also somewhat against the idea, he told me I could quit my job all together and he’d take care of everything. I thanked him for his kind offer, but told him I definitely cannot quit my job and how would we explain that to Roman when he got back? He kept telling me he’d sort it but I still shook my head, I liked my job in a sense and I wasn’t about to just quit on the spot.

Austin would have dropped me off to work but he told me he had to leave really early, he had some business to attend to tha