Shortly after Andrei left for his meeting, Nik had text to ask if Daniella was busy. She'd wanted to check up on him after the disaster of the night before. They made plans to go to the cinema, with Daniella volunteering to drive. The very short drive to his place was spent with her panicking that somehow he'd sense what she'd been doing with Andrei earlier that day.
It wasn't like she had "I fücked your Dad" stamped on her forehead, but it certainly felt like it.
Nik was in markedly better spirits when she picked him up, greeting her with a bear hug as was usual. He'd come out of his place hauling a large duffel bag. When Daniella asked what it was for, he'd cryptically told her he was 'going away for a few days'.
"You realise that I'll be the one dropping you off tonight, right? So I'
