“What’s that Ang?” Ally asked, hobbling in from the balcony.
“They got him Al. Ryan’s in jail.”
Ally looked amazed as she reached out for the paper. On the 13th page it read: “Man Jailed for Physical Abuse Against Rising Young Star.” She continued to read into the article. “Two years.” She finally said, a little disappointedly.
“It’s okay Al,” Nick said. “That’s pretty normal for abuse cases. That fucker deserves every last second of those two years.”
“Yeah,” Ally sighed, still staring at the paper.
“Anyway,” Angela started. “We were wondering if you two were hungry. Brian and I were just about to grab some Chinese food and we could pick you up something.”
“That sounds great,” Nick said, reaching in his pocket for his wallet. “Um…could you get me…” For the time that it took Nick to make his selection, it seemed as though he could have learned fluent French.
“You sure about that one Frack?” Brian teased.
After taking Ally’s order, Angela and Brian headed out the door leaving Nick and Ally alone once more. Ally sat her crutches on the floor next to one of the twin beds with a sigh. “God those damn things hurt,” she said.
“I know what you mean,” Nick soothed, sitting down beside her and massaging her upper back. “AJ was on them for the beginning of the last tour and he complained all day, every day.”
“Really?” Ally asked. “What happened to him?”
“Skiing in Colorado right before a show. It kinda sucked. We had to wait on AJ for days after that.”
Half an hour later, while Nick and Ally were lying on the bed together watching some corny ’80’s movie on TNT, Brian and Angela walked through the door with the food. Nick was eating his sesame chicken before any one else even opened their box of food.
“Geez Carter…slow down. You’re gonna choke,” Ally warned. She paused. “Oh wait, no. Keep on goin’,” she teased.
Nick jokingly gave Ally the finger and continued to finish off his sesame chicken.
Ally laughed and sat back in her chair and continued to think about how wonderful that kiss was and where things were going from here.
Chapter Twenty-Three
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