Shadows In Durango

Chapter 44

*****Sofia's POV*****

Staring back at my friend who had so far taken everything I had told her with ease, providing comfort through my difficulty, I decide to tell her everything that happened last night...

"Vincent told me he was taking me home after that, to which I panicked because I didn't want him to see where I lived." I admit, as Emma squints a little again seeming lost in her thoughts for a second. "Why, where do you live?" She asks curiously, seeming to rack her brain as I chew my lip.

"Let's just say it gets referred to as the towns cartel..." I grumble at the nickname I had heard Vincent call it last night when speaking with his friends who had turned up to help out.

The name suited the street I guess, since illegal stuff seemed to run rife through it!

"That's not where your apartment is?! You should have said something sooner! My parents would have let you crash at my place until you found something else! That place is horrible Sofia, everyone in town avoids walking down there let alone living amongst it!" Emma takes off in a desperate rant, judging me fully for where my apartment was but not meaning to in a spiteful way.

She only cared, which was nice.

"I know, but I couldn't afford anything else when I first got here. That was the only place allowing a jobless young girl to move in I'm afraid." I explain, as she seems to breathe deeply to calm herself down. "Well now you know why I didn't want anyone to find out..." I motion to how upset she had grown as she instantly leans forward to take my hands.

"I am so sorry for my reaction! I don't mean to offend you Sofia, I just feel terrible that you had to settle for an apartment there. You don't deserve any of this!" Emma explains, offering my hands a gentle squeeze of comfort. She really didn't mean to hurt my feelings, I understood what she meant by it.

nod and sniffle to hold

and wouldn't let me walk. He also fired me, which as you can probably guess by now was a really big deal since I desperately needed the money, so by that point I was just totally defeated." I begin, stopping

to run and hide. But after that, I decided to give in. I pointed the way, and like you, he couldn't believe that was where I lived." I feel my cheeks

me in, and to be honest, despite my protests, deep down I sort of didn't mind because my

best not to cut me off, but I could see the emotions swirling within her eyes, processing the whole story since I had landed a whole lot

in. I was so terrified but I just hoped for the best - luckily, at that point my locks worked." I roll my eyes suddenly, realising that the bastards had in fact planned the

me!" Emma cuts in this time,

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I wanted to keep my situation private and panicked. But skipping forward to last night, as Vincent walked me inside, we found my door laying wide open and my two neighbours were inside high on whatever drug they had stole my savings from the kitchen drawer to buy. They were both so out of it that they didn't even know we had came in Emma... it was horrible...

two grown men be so cruel? Knowing that I was a young girl living there alone? What would have happened if I was still

rolling down my face, as Emma instantly shifted to hug

to be ok... I'm just glad that Vincent was with you!" Emma breathes

he had taken me

slightly, I pull back from the embrace to wipe my wet cheeks,

thing. He brought me back here with

time, I excuse myself to go to the nearest bathroom for a tissue

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