HIS TRUST, BOOK FIVE
Nicole
What does he mean, trust? I gave myself to him completely, more than once. Let him tie me up. Obeyed his commands. Of course I trust him. I've known him for most of my life. Mark'll never hurt me, because he never has. Even in my agitated state, I can see some fault in that logic, but I ignore it.
I'm shaking as I enter my apartment. From anger or sadness, I don't know. The apartment's cold and dreary and that last observation is hitting me hard for the first time. I've lived here for more than two years, and I never made it into a home. It came fully furnished, and apart from a mug here and there, maybe a new set of bed sheets, I haven't brought anything of my own here. No pictures, no decorations, nothing except my computer, my books, and my clothes. Hell,
