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Never taking her eyes off him she replied, “Am I allowed to use the bathroom?” Surprised at the way in which she asked and wondering why she didn’t just say, ‘I need to use the bathroom.’ Disturbingly he knew she would simply have sat there unless he gave her his permission. “Of course,” said Jimmy, “would you like me to run you a warm bath?”  Instantly a look of absolute dread appeared on her face as she quickly shook her head. Jimmy had seen that look before on his mother’s face, having a vague memory from his childhood that he had witnessed his father holding his mother’s head under the bathwater. Scanning his memory he tried to recall exactly what had happened to his mother, but it was futile. Perhaps as a child he had tried to erase such a dreadful memory, or perhaps it was never a real memory at all; maybe he had seen something on television as a child and confused it with reality. Whichever it was, one thing was certain, Maria was terrified, she was still trembling several minutes later. Trying to reassure her, he said, “I only said about the bath because I thought it might help you feel better. How about I run it then you can decide if you want to use it? If you do, you can lock the door.” Her eyes filled with tears as she nodded her head in acceptance. “I’m not sure what you can wear;” said Jimmy, “only Shaun didn’t actually bring anything of yours, but I’m pretty sure I have some pyjamas somewhere and a dressing gown, they’ll probably swim on you but at least you’ll be comfortable.” Trying not to cry, she quietly said, “Thank you.”
    Leaving the bath water running he went to find her the robe and pyjamas. Several minutes later he returned to the bathroom, the huge Jacuzzi bath was ready. After placing the clothes over a beautiful peacock chair in the corner of the room he returned to the lounge and said, “It’s ready.”
    Slowly she tried to get to her feet, but the full effect of Nick’s beating was now taking its toll, every bone in her body was hurting and large dark bruises had developed on her face, her left eye was swollen shut. Wanting to help her, he walked towards her, but she immediately backed away. Reassuring her he said, “I’m not going to hurt you, I just want to help.” Having no choice but to trust him, she took his arm and walked slowly towards the bathroom. “Are you sure you can do this?” he asked. “Yes thank you,” she replied in a soft voice. Although he was concerned about leaving her, he didn’t want to push the issue. Hearing her lock the bathroom door, he returned to the lounge and loaded a classical CD into the player. Jimmy wasn’t someone you’d expect to like classical music, but as a child he had often listened to it with his mother and he had grown to like it. Turning the volume down low, he pressed a button so the music piped through to the bathroom, the entire apartment was wired with state of the art technology.
    With the music playing he listened outside the bathroom door, he could hear her in the bath and believing she was ok, his first thought was to phone Mickey and bring him up to speed over the day’s events. The phone seemed to ring forever before his friend answered and sounding breathless said, “Alright Jimmy, I’m glad you’ve phoned, I was going to bell you earlier but I thought you’d be preoccupied.” Jimmy knew he was referring to Maria being at the apartment with him. “Oh mate,” sighed Jimmy, “you’ve no fucking idea!” Something in his voice told Mickey that not everything had gone to plan; although he had warned him the previous night that he didn’t think Nick would take it lying down. “Christ Jimmy what’s happened?” Jimmy was just about to reply when he heard someone else in the background, it sounded like a woman. “Are you with someone Mick?” “Yeah Monica’s here.” “Oh in that case I’m sorry I’ve disturbed you, it’s not like you to have her over at the weekend