Chapter 13

Bella

"Babe, seriously, everything you went through yesterday... Instead of discussing it with me, you just came home and went straight to bed. I understand it's not easy to talk about such things, but you should have let me know. I would have confronted that jerk and given him a piece of my mind. How could he even dare to pull such a stunt on you?" Nelly's words hissed, leaving me with a sigh.

"I couldn't bring myself to say anything in the moment because I was overwhelmed with disbelief. It was hard to process that something like that could happen to me. Plus, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to discuss it. The memories were still fresh, and all I wanted was some rest to clear my head," I explained, understanding the concern in Nelly's sigh.

"So, what do you think we should do about this? Should we talk to Mary and report it, or should we go straight to the police and file a case?" she asked, and a slight