Free Rewind by H.M. Montes Page A

still to this day thinks I cheated on him because of a text that my cousin sent me.  We had started to build a webpage for my cousin’s art work so he could sell it online.  The server kept crashing so we didn’t get to finish it.  Ronnie wanted to call my cousin but I wouldn’t let him.  A few days later he was still fuming mad at me and wanted to go talk.  I agreed to meet him outside of town at a cove we used to go to all the time.  He yelled and screamed at me, insisted that I call the “motherfucker” so he could talk to him.  My cousin wasn’t stupid he had seen the signs all along and hated Ronnie .  Ronnie’s temper can go from cold too hot in a millisecond, I really think he’s bipolar and manic.  When I tried to get out of the pickup he started to cry and begged me not to leave.  I cried with him and wanted to help him get help, well—once he kissed me I knew he was going to use sex to try and make things right between us.  I kept telling him no but he kept pushing and pushing.  Then he snapped when he had me pinned underneath him, I screamed no and screamed for him to stop.  He bit my neck, my lip, and clamped his hand around my throat while thrusting in and out of me.  I gasped for air but never stopped saying no.  When he was finished he laughed and told me to get the fuck out of his pickup.  When I drove away he shot at my car and busted the passenger side tail light out.”  Then she had me scroll through pictures, there was a huge bruised bite mark on her neck, her lip was swollen, her tail light on her car was shattered. 
    I quickly brushed the tears off of my face and felt anger boiling inside of me, he had lied to me.  “Did you know he was going to ask you to marry him?  That he bought the ring?”  I asked.
    She rolled her eyes, “He’s had that ring since his Freshman year, I’m not the first person he’s done this to, I was hoping I would be the last but it’s already going down that road with you.  Please,” she reached across the table and grabbed my hands in hers, “Please, get away from him before things get worse.  No woman deserves to have that happen to her.”
    “How…how am I supposed to break up with him and know he’ll just leave me alone?”
    “He won’t, he’ll stalk you, threaten you, and stalk you some more.  Just never ever go anywhere by yourself.  The college won’t do anything to him because he’s their big star quarterback.”
    I sucked in a breath and slowly released it, “I’ll make some phone calls and have some guys here to keep an eye on him.”  My first thought went to Cade and Bryan. 
    Shelby nodded her head, “He wants me to drop the charges because my attorney is fighting to have him arrested.  His mom and step dad are stupid rich and want to pay me off.  I’ll take the money when I know he’s getting help for his problem.”  She told me then released my hands.  “You have my number, don’t hesitate to call if you need to talk to somebody that’s been through it.  Just promise me that when you end it with him you end it for good.  Don’t fall for his pitty party.  Trust me he’s really good about making a woman think it’s all her fault he acts the way he does.  Truth is he’s got issues that stem back from childhood that he never has gotten help for.”
    She gave me a tight hug before we left, my mind was spinning with everything that she had told me.  It all made sense now, his mood swings were more than likely from the charges she was trying to press against him.  Her not agreeing to the deal with his parents was pissing him off and he was scared of going to jail for what he had done to her, and the others before her.  I swallowed down the bile that started to rise, how could he be so god damn good looking but so mean.  I thought to myself as I drove back to the dorm in a daze.  When I pulled into my parking stall my cell phone beeped with a message, it was from Cindy telling me that practice