Free In the Mind of Misty by Lisa Powell Page B

to relax. But when he touched her or she touched him. His heart rate would quickly elevate. It was her that was causing this. But it was because of the feeling he held for her. His heart would start beating so fast, so quickly. Everything else had to play catch up to it. They finally figured out the problem. Vince was having panic attacks. Now they needed to control them.
    Whenever he saw her, he would panic she would leave. When he touched her or she touched him, he was afraid he would hurt her. He would panic and that set off all his symptoms. And that night she showed up. He already knew she was leaving, he calmed himself. But when she came back and the love they shared overwhelmed him. He didn ’t want to let her go. And when they walked back into the party, the fear of her leaving, set off the first attack.

~ CHAPTER 9~
     
    Misty stayed with Vince until he was released from the hospital. But he knew she couldn’t stay forever. Even though they talked about a relationship, it was hard. It was really hard on him, when Misty had to leave to go back to the city. She told him she would return on the weekend but it didn’t seem to help. He actually thought he was having a heart attack. He had to calm himself down.
    Misty had to do something to prove to him she would come back. Misty started blaming herself for all this and she started to feel guilty. She felt if she didn ’t have that stupid fantasy none of this would have happened. As it got closer to the weekend Vince started having little attacks. They put him on medications to help with them. When Misty didn’t show when she said she would. Vince started panicking even more. When she pulled in his drive he had almost lost control. Misty had to calm him down. He kept asking why she was late where she was. She told him traffic was bad and she got stuck in a traffic jam. Misty had a hard time dealing with this. It was like he was controlling her life again. She couldn’t deal with the driving and the worry. So she decided to move back home. She moved in with Kimmy and got her old job back. This way she would be closer to Vince. Her guilt was eating her up. She was blaming herself. She felt like she had to take care of him now. Misty spent most of her time with Vince. It was like she moved there instead of with Kimmy.
    Vince seemed to improve a lot since Misty was back. He didn ’t have a wandering eye and he stayed true to her. The passion they shared was exhilarating and they both felt it.
    He didn ’t have black outs and he hasn’t hurt her, even when they got into a fight. He hasn’t showed any sign of abusiveness or aggression towards her. But Misty was always on her guard. She never really trusted him but who could blame her. Vince’s panic attacks seem to disappear and everyone thought he was getting better.
    One night they all went out and everyone was having a good time. And Vince noticed a guy kept staring at Misty and he didn ’t like it. Vince asked Misty who he was but she said she didn’t know. Vince watched Misty and she acted as if she really didn’t know who he was. Vince felt a little panic and he felt jealousy. These two feelings he hasn’t felt in a very long time. That night when they got home Vince’s mind was in a panic state.
    When he and Misty went to bed he pulled her on top of him. He started to love her then he stopped. Misty sat straight up and looked at him.
    “What’s wrong Vince?”
    He reached out with both his hands and put them on her breast.
    “Who was he?”
    “ Who was who Vince?”
    “ That guy Misty”
    “ I told you Vince I don’t know.”
    Vince started to squeeze her and Misty started to panic. Vin ce drew his legs up and sat up. He let go of Misty’s breast put his arms around his legs and pulled himself close to her. He was almost crushing her between his body and knees.
    “ I am asking you one more time Misty.” Vince voice was low and chilling.
    There was no way Misty could get away from him. She saw how