She didn’t know this man. She had just been walking her dog in the goddamn park and then everything just… Nadine stared at him, not sure what to say, her eyes wide from confusion and shock as he began addressing to her as Nadia and lament how she had hurt him and taken everything away from him. So much admiration. Oh, no! This guy seemed to hate her guts and she swore they had only met for the first time five minutes ago. How was it possible for someone to channel so much hatred into her in mere five minutes? She couldn’t understand it, but from what she could gather this was all just a huge, terrible misunderstanding. Clearly this man thought she was someone he had known in the past, while she was absolutely confident she had never seen him before in her entire life. There was no doubt about it, this man was a stranger to her.<br/><br/>Nadine jumped slightly when he screamed at the crowd, effectively causing it to dissolve. A few still remained further away, as if to make sure she wouldn’t be hurt by the man. He did seem pretty crazy to her, but crazy people rarely had such genuine emotions like he did. For some reason it ached her heart to see him like this, even if she didn’t know him, because clearly he had been hurt by someone and was still suffering from it. At the same time, the situation was absolutely ridiculous and she hadn’t exactly planned to get yelled at during her time at the park. Arthur did that plenty of times already about trivial matters. Nadine took a few steps back when he stood up, still unable to speak. He unleashed another flurry of words at her, which confirmed her initial suspicions.<br/><br/>“Please, listen to me… I think there’s been a terrible misunderstanding.” She spoke to him, trying to sound calm. “I don’t know who you are. I’ve never met you in my life! And my name isn’t Nadia. Look, I’m sorry to say this but I think you have the wrong person.” Nadine tried to give him a small smile, but failed miserably. She felt extremely bad for making this man so upset just by being herself. The last thing she wanted was for people to dislike her. And then he grabbed her by her shoulders and she closed her eyes, bracing herself for something, anything. A punch or a slap maybe. Instead he yelled at her and she covered her ears, now breaking in tears of panic herself. “I’m sorry! I don’t know who you are! Please believe me!” She cried out, scared out of her mind. “Please… you’re hurting me..!”<br/><br/>Thankfully he let go, before anyone from the crowd could pounce at him and separate him forcefully from her. Nadine took several steps back to put some distance between the man and herself. Some of the bystanders asked if she was okay, but she hardly paid attention to their concerns as she watched the man eventually apologize for his behaviour and walk away. Cissi, still unleashed, hurried to the man and began following him.<br/><br/>“Who does that man think he is?” An elderly lady spat. “It wasn’t too long ago that he moved around here… Always did seem a little depressed.”<br/><br/>Nadine looked over to the lady with slight curiosity, still recovering from what had just unfolded. “Who is he?”<br/><br/>“David Lafleur. I did hear rumours about him having lost his wife. They were newlywed and everything, oh what a tragedy it must have been!” The lady sighed and shook her head. “Apparently one day she had simply disappeared from his life. The girl probably took off and left the country because he was not good enough!”<br/><br/>Eventually Cissi returned to Nadine and she attached her dog back on the leash. The old lady observed the redhead for a moment and tilted her head to the side, her eyes narrowing. “I did see a picture of her once. There was a police case about it… You do look quite a bit like her…”<br/><br/>Nadine blinked her eyes and looked away. “I’m sorry to hear he’s had such an unfortunate life. I hope he can get his life together… but most importantly I hope we can get along. This is a small town, after all.” She forced a smile to the lady before deciding to return home.