Homed

I loaded my hands with the grocery bags and began walking to the house. Almost as I reached the door it opened and Brian stood a small smile on his face, "Hey having trouble?"
I barely gave him a smile before he grabbed a couple of bags out of my hands, "Thanks." I mumbled, walking in after him, shutting the door with my butt. I looked around and saw Matt helping Brian to put up the groceries.
He looked up to me and smirked. I looked down and placed all the bags I had on the table and began putting things away.
"Whoa got enough food?" Megan asked walking into the kitchen.
"Yeah." I mumbled, still debating with myself whether to tell her or not.
She noticed my hesitation, "What's the matter, Devon." It wasn't a question, it was a demand.
I swallowed thickly and hesitated, "I uh," I looked around at the guys not sure if I wanted them to know. Screw it, "I saw Bryan at the store."
With every word I said, I felt myself break down and Megan's eyes grow wider, "Oh my god, Devon, are you okay?" She came to me and pulled me into her arms, not caring that I tensed up from her touch, after a few minutes of rubbing my back and hugging me she held away at arms length, "He didn't try anything did he? Did he touch you?"
I looked down at the ground, "He told me that he missed me." I gasped out, tears threatening my eyes. I took a deep breath to keep them in, "He was just there and the you called and when I hung up and turned around, he was gone. Like he wasn't even there." I looked her in the eyes, my own wide, "He touched me, I can still feel his fingers on my hips." I whispered the last part noticing the guys listening carefully.
Megan's jaw tensed, "He's not even supposed to be out of jail yet, he's supposed to be there for another twenty years."
I ran my hand across my face and through my hair. I took a deep breath and sucked it up. "It's okay, I'm okay." I told myself and everybody in the room. I straightened my shirt and wiped my sweating hands on my shorts before walking around Megan and went to my room.
I closed my door and broke down, I cried hearing Bryan's voice in my head, "Don't talk to me like that dearheart." I shivered at the nicknames he called me all the time. Why couldn't he leave me alone? He bothered me for three whole years. Wasn't that enough?

Matt's P.O.V.
Seeing Devon break down like that made me so mad. I clenched my hands into fists and took deep breathes, "Who's Bryan?" I asked through my teeth.
Megan also took a deep breath, "He's an ex boyfriend, he's crazy, he went out with her fro a year and a couple of months. At first he seemed normal, he was sweet, handsome and he gave her everything he wanted." Megan licked her lips and rubbed her eyes hard. I watched as Johnny went over to her and took her into his arms.
"She was absolutely in love him, 'everything she's ever wanted,' I remember her telling me that once. It was until he became extremely jealous with a-" Tears streamed down her face, "A friend of Devon's, a friend that she's known even longer than she's known me, he was jealous of this friend because Devon hung out with him so much. They were a package deal, where ever Devon went, Carson followed and visa versa. One day, Devon went out with Carson, they went to go see a movie or something, I'm not quite sure, they were out and Devon noticed Bryan off into the distance, he was watching them, spying on them. Devon, being Devon at the time confronted him, asking him what she was doing. He had said, 'I'm watching you, to make sure that you don't do anything stupid."
From that point Devon and Carson could never go anywhere without Bryan watching them. Devon soon became tired of it, she had tried to explain to him that Carson was her best friend, if he couldn't understand that then he would need to leave. Bryan didn't take the hint, he continued to watch Carson and Devon, every time they went out, Bryan was there. Devon soon broke up with him. She moved into this house with me and Carson."
Megan looked at me with sad eyes, "Bryan wouldn't leave her alone, he sent threatening letters, he emailed her, called her, he came to the house, demanding to talk to her.We called the police, we placed a restraining order against him. He didn't stop. He continued to harass her. One day Devon and I went out shopping, you know ,a girl's day out." Tears streamed down her face, she quickly wiped them away.
"When we came home there was a note on the door, it said, 'You'll regret it.' When burst into the house and saw...we saw..." Megan closed her eyes and pursed her lips.
"And saw what?" I demanded, wanting to know.
"We saw, uh, we saw Carson, laying on the floor, his throat was cut open and there was blood everywhere. We tried to help him, oh god, he was still alive, he was gurgling, Devon was screaming at him to stay alive, putting pressure in his throat. She was getting blood all over the shirt she had just bought, she didn't and neither did I, Carson died in Devon's arms. We called the police and they took Bryan to Jail, he was sentenced to twenty two years." He isn't supposed to be out."

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