Michele went after Manny. As guilt filled her. The remolding building with her dreams room and the garden one the roof with her favorite flowers. It shown just how much he loved her. Making a special place for them to share. Knowing that she would have to tell him what happen and why she left. But would he still love after she told him,Michele wondered. It didn’t matter he deserved an answers. Catching the door of the elevator before it closed,barely slipping in between the doors.<br/><br/>“I want to talk with Manny. It just that I little afraid.”Not finishing what she was going to say as the door open. Walking out of the elevator, slumping on to the couch.<br/><br/>“ You won’t like what I’m going to tell you.” Looking down at the floor. Folding her fingers as he entered the room. You won’t like me, she thought. Long moments passed. The silence stretched out for what seem like eternity. Michele was trying to gather her thoughts.<br/><br/>“You remember how we met. That night in the alley. You saved me that night. I look for you the next day. When I found you to say thanks you brushed it off like you brush off what you done for me here.”<br/><br/>Pausing as she remembered. It had not been a few days before she left town that he had saved her rather a couple years. Why she thought it had been a fews days before she couldn’t say. It worried her a bit. How could she have gotten that confused?” We become friends. Secret friends. Over time best friends. We told each everything.” Michele was stalling.<br/><br/>“I went out to celebrate with Mary and Marcy at Clancy’s. The week after graduation.” The two girls were close friends of her. Not as close as Manny and her but pretty close. If she wasn’t with Manny she was with the two girls.<br/><br/>“They both got scholarship at different Universities. We thought it was great that we all got scholarships even though it wasn’t at the same college. Like we hoped.” Three girls had applied to local colleges as well as colleges out of state. Hoping that they would all get accepted to the local college, so that they could be close to family while attending school. Michele had another reason to stay close. Manny.<br/><br/>“We drank a bit too much.” Ducking her head more. “They’re boyfriends come and got them for more celebration.”A light blush hit her cheeks. Not because friends had been sexually active but for that fact they had teased her about being with her secret boyfriend. Knowing that she snuck away to meet someone but never who. Covering her from time to time. They never believed that her friend was just a friend no matter what she said. So she let them believe what they want.<br/><br/>“I asked the bartender to call me a cab. I help clean up while waiting. Done it before.” Michele shrugged off and on she worked there for extra cash. Just bussing tables. Drawing her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. Still keeping her eyes on the ground. Not able to look at Manny. “So this was no different.  We took the empty bottles down to the recycle bin in the basement.He came down after me.We talked a little. Then  he tried to kiss me. “ Her brow furrowed at that confused why bartender had done that. She did think she flirted with him. But she could be wrong why else would he do that or the other things. Tears started to well in her hazel eyes.<br/><br/>“ But I didn’t want anything to do with him. So he hit me. It just got worst after that.” She didn’t, couldn’t give details not to Manny. Not to anyone.<br/><br/>“I fought him off. Not very well. There was a knife he had and used on me.  Somehow I got it from him and plunge it his neck. There was so much blood. I push him off of me and into a deep hole in the ground that was filled with wet concrete. I ran from there got into my car and drove.” Her voice was shaky tears ran down her face.