Tears fly out of my eyes.
The numbness on my cheek slowly wears out, and in it's place, a searing, burning pain takes over.
I feel the sore, swelling cheek with my palm, and I blink as reality hits in.
Brent just hit me.
I slowly pull myself to my feet. I imagined that Brent was capable of many things, but I didn't guess that hitting his wife was one of them.
I wipe my tears with the back of my hand, then I dump the chicken in the trash before I stumble out of the house.
I walk with no purpose at all, and all I concentrate on are the streetlights and the passing cars.
*
"Cami, what the hell?" Clay demands the moment he opens the door.
I stand there looking at him, tears streaming down my cheeks.
He stares at me for an entire minute before he steps aside to let me in.
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