Livia’s POV
“What’s happening here?” Nadine suddenly asks, walking out of the shop with the bags in hand. “Carter… what happened to you?”
“I know it’s really weird to hear it, but it’s your dad, Nadine,” Carter whispers.
I feel bad for him.
He didn’t deserve to be caught in any of this.
“He was suspicious of me seeing other girls,” Carter says, then he turns to me. “I know it sounds really bad, but I promise you, it’s nothing like that at all—“
“I don’t think Dad can do anything like that,” Nadine whispers. “So he just saw you and started beating you up?”
He nods morosely. “I swear to you. He did just that. I know it’s hard to believe. I’m having a hard time myself!”
“We need to talk to your Dad,” I say. “And we need to help Carter. He can’t just walk around looking like that.”
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