Ok everyone this is the last chapter and I hoped you've enjoyed the story because I enjoyed writing it. Thx for reading and keep the feedback coming. I put Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 together because I know how you guys hate short chapters. And yes I'll be finishing Adam and Erica. :)
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It had been a few weeks since Nynia had left him yet if felt like years. He was just a soulless body at work and when he was home he just took up space. He was sitting on the couch in the living room with a bottle of whiskey in his hands. He leaned his head back and took a big swallow, but there was no burn on the way down. Hell he didn't even get release from the simplest things. It seemed that everyone and everything was out to get him after he screwed up with Nynia. Damn he wished she hadn't found out that way that his past was dirty and gritty. There was a faint knock on the door.
"Go away no one's home." Nick closed his eyes and groaned as the knocking continued. He wobbled to the door and opened it wide only to receive a slap across his face.
Micah glared up at him. "You bastard. How could you hurt her like that? What she wasn't good enough for you?" Micah barged her way through the front door only to be followed by Kevin who shoved him out of the way. Kevin then dragged Nick to the living room and threw him on the recliner.
"Listen here and listen good Nick. You've royally fucked things up, but it's not too late to fix them. Why didn't you tell me about Leslie? Oh I'm sorry you couldn't trust one of your friends?" Kevin popped Nick in the arm causing Nick to yell out in pain.
Micah raked him with a look of disgust. "Sitting around here and mopping isn't going to win Nynia back. Nick you stink and you look like shit."
Nick looked at her with dead eyes. "Thank you for the compliment Micah, but I don't think Kevin wants you to leave him."
Micah sighed and sat down on the armrest of the chair. She ran her fingers through Nicks' hair and turned on her motherly voice. "Nick you need to talk to her. Make her understand how you feel about her. She loves you Nick and to tell you the truth she looks just as bad as you. You need each other and you're the one who has to make the first move."
Nick tried to hold back the tears considering he'd never cried before, but hell he loved this woman. Micah wiped the tears from his eyes and Kevin broke the silence.
"Nick I know it seems like there's nothing that can be done, but it's always something that can be done. If she won't listen to you then you'll have to make her listen. If she won't talk to you have her talk to somebody else." Kevin gazed at Nick, but it was evident that Nick wasn't going to respond.
Micah sighed and walked towards the door. "Let's go Kevin. The man is hurting and he's given up hope." She smiled sadly at Nick and he watched as they walked out the door together. Nick was preparing to continue his depressive state when an idea struck him. He pulled out his cell phone and called Adam. The man owed him a favor and he needed it more than ever.
"Nynia baby sometimes men are pigs. That's why I'm strictly for women." Nynias' friend Georgia sat on the couch with her. She'd been in this state for weeks. She didn't know why she felt this way over a man who had hurt her, but she couldn't help it. She'd loved Nick and thought they had a future together, but once again she'd been shamefully slapped in the face.
"George you can go I promise I'll eat something." Georgia gave her a disbelieving look before she got up to leave then she heard Georgia gasp.
"Holy hell...oh my...ummm...Nynia you need to come to the door." Nynia rolled her eyes at her friend, but got up anyway. Standing in her front door was Nicks' friend from that horrible night. Her eyes widened in horror as he pushed his way inside. Georgia stood there dumbfounded and staring at the man. It was hard not too considering he was beautiful in a dark, gothic way.
"Nynia we need to talk." His deep voice washed over her. He gently pushed here statue of a friend Georgia out of the house before he closed the door. Nynia began to feel scared as she realized she was alone with a man who looked like he could hurt her.
"Relax Nynia I'm not going to hurt you. Matter of fact I'm here to talk with you about Nick." Nynia looked at him with hurt in her eyes.
"Nick hurt me, but you want me to listen to what he has to say? That man doesn't deserve another chance with me." Adam surprised her when he responded.
"No he doesn't deserve another chance, hell he didn't deserve you in the first place. But he heard you out all them times you called him to...well yell at him." He smiled softly and gestured to the sofa. "May I sit down? I promise I'm not big enough to break it."
Nynia nodded and smiled softly at the man. "Look I know you're Nicks' friend and everything but-"
"All that crap Leslie said wasn't true. Well yeah we slept together, but it was because she chose to sleep with me. She thinks that everybody tricked her out of money, but she was the one who tricked herself. She came up and kissed me and I couldn't stand living with myself without telling Nick. We didn't try to frame her it just happened. You don't know how many nights I beat myself up over that fact. Of course Nick suspected she was cheating and just with him for the money so he used my confession as a way to make sure she didn't get anything. Hell her father is rich and successful. But as you know she's a cold hearted woman and she twisted it to make it seem as if we had sex in order for me to frame her. She's just...hello are you listening to me?" Adam waved his hand in front of Nynias' face.
Nynia blinked her eyes a couple of times before she realized what she was doing. "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry. Yes I was listening it's just that...do you know how beautiful you are?"
Adams' cheeks turned red and he cleared his throat. "Anyway that's not the point. The point is that Nick is a good man, but definitely not good enough to deserve a woman like you. Just talk with him sweetheart. He misses you badly and I know you miss him. She wants to be with Nick because it's a convenience. All that stuff she said about his father giving him an inheritance is bullshit. Russell loves you and hell I think I'm starting to love you too even though I don't know you." Adam gave her a small smile before he headed towards the door.
"Wait!" She walked up to Adam and rose up on her toes. She pulled him down and hugged him deeply and kissed him on the cheek. "I owe you one." Adam inclined his head before he walked out the door. It was time to get her man back.
"Dad I don't need you to clean me up. Get the hell out of there!!!" Nick yelled at his father, but as usual the stubborn man didn't listen.
"Nick you've screwed everything up so you don't get any say in the situation. You idiot I knew I shouldn't have left you alone with her. You better hope she takes you back boy or you're gonna pay for the loss of my grandbabies!!!" Russell rummaged through Nicks' drawers and through Nicks' closet.
"Mama tell dad to get out!" Nick came to stand in front of his father ready to do battle.
His mothers' soft voice entered the room. "Now Nick you can't expect us to not do anything." Just then his phone rang. Nick walked over to the side table to answer it and almost wept with relief.
"Nick it's me." Nynias' sweet voice entered his ear.
"Hey baby, don't move because I'm coming over. I love you sweetheart. I have a ring and everything. I want to marry you as soon as possible."
