Chapter 28

I allow her in, putting my arms around her for support. "What happened?" I ask and guide her to sit down. "I caught him cheating on me with Marya, on my bed in my Condo." She sniffs. "That snake!" I spit. Ryan leans on the wall like a statue as everything unfolds before him. "I will get you some water." I offer. "Let me do it." Ryan offer to assist. I point to him where the kitchen is. I settle beside Roxana and pull her closer. "My own best friend betrayed me." She says absentmindedly. My eyes travel to where she's clutching her arm. I push her fingers away. She is hurt, there's dry blood on it. I then realized her face also has hand prints. "Oh my God! He physically assaulted you." I say anger building inside me. She weeps more and I push a box of tissue towards her. "We got into an ugly argument after and he beat me up like I