The Devils Nightmare Chapter 1
Disclaimers: I still don't own them, but I am borrowing them. I promise to put them back when I am done. They will be unharmed, and they will have had fun.
Fandom: DWP
Rating: R
parings: miranda/andy
Warnings: Domestic abuse/violence
The Devil's Nightmare.
Chapter 1.
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It had been another long day at Runway as Andy prepared for the trip to London .they would be leaving in less than four days and she was pleased to be able to sit back and relax even if it was only for a few moments Andy sat back looking out of the window of the silver Mercedes headed for Miranda's townhouse. So she could deliver The Book and Miranda's dry cleaning.
Andy swore that getting ready for London was just as bad as the preparations for Paris, but Andy loved it. This year she was taking care of everything. Miranda decided it was time to promote Emily to a new position as an editor in chief of the makeup department at the Paris Office of Runway.
After last year’s trip to Paris Andy almost made a mistake by leaving Runway and Miranda behind, but she realized that sometimes you need not take everything so personal when it came to Miranda.
She also knew that Nate would be gone by the time she returned to New York. Andy had realized that Their relationship was changing and that they were both headed in two different directions. Lily and Doug had both turned their backs on her and sided with Nate. After their breakup Andy’s parents also told her they would no longer send her money to help her stay in New York after she told them that she was going to continue working for Miranda or for “The devil" as they had so kindly put it and they hadn’t spoken to her since.
So here she sits in the back of the comfortable town car on her way to the devil’s townhouse where she would probably get a list of things to do for tomorrow. Andy opened her eyes and looked out the window and saw that they were still a couple of blocks away from the townhouse so she closed her eyes, letting herself get lost in her thoughts once again.
Andy was happy for Emily once she'd found out that Miranda had given Emily her dream job at French Runway in Paris. She was happy for the English woman even if Emily was generally a bitch to her most of the time. The week before Emily left was a long week for them both. As the two women tried to find the right second assistant that could at least answer the phone and go on simple errands that Miranda asked of her. They had thankfully found a girl who was fashionable and was competent and that Miranda could tolerate for longer than five minutes. Now it was a month later and everything was going smooth, well as smooth as things could be when you have Miranda to deal with.
Andy was pulled from her thoughts when she felt the car come to a stop in front of Miranda's townhouse. Andy opened the car door and slipped out of the car and walked up to the front door, putting her key in and unlocking the door .Andy turned the handle of the door and pushed it open and walked in and used her foot to shut the door and walked over to the table where she put The Book in its place and turned to open the closet door to put away the dry cleaning.
Just as she placed a Jimmy Choo clad foot onto the hardwood floor of the closet she was pulled in by two sets of arms. Before she could utter a word or scream for help she realized she had been pushed into another smaller room that looked like a Child’s hiding place which eased her mind a little bit. The light was out and she landed on a soft rug and she thought there was someone next to her but she couldn't make out whom.
Andy sat up and looked around the dimly lit room and her eyes landed on two identical red heads. "What's going on? Why am I here?" she asked. She could make out one of the girls going to the door and putting a board over it.
"Staying alive." The girl sitting nearest to Andy said who she thought was Caroline.
"Staying alive?" Andy asked, furrowing her brow in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
One of the girls moved closer to her left and Andy noticed by the bracelet that she was wearing that it was Cassidy, but she wasn't looking at her. She was looking at the floor and Andy wondered who it was and again wondered why she was in their play room. Cassidy spoke softly in almost a whimper .
"Mommy, Andy is here. "
Andy sat shocked from those words. "Cassidy, Caroline, what is going on?"
"Stephen came home drunk and started to beat Mom in the study. She fought him back. mommy threw a vase at his head. We went in when we heard it break on the floor . We wanted to see if Mommy was okay, but then we saw Stephen slap her and there was so much blood Andy." Cassidy said, sobbing now.
"Shh, come here." Andy said, holding out a hand for the young girl who gratefully cuddled up next to her. "Where is your Mom ?" she asked, Andy hadn’t stopping to thinking that the figure laying on the floor next to her was her boss.
"She's right next to you." Cassidy whispered.
Andy took her phone out if her handbag and used it as a light to see her boss laying on her side with blood coming out of her mouth and a black and blue bruise forming around her right eye. She gasped in shock and reached out with a shaking hand to softly touch the older woman’s pale cheek.
"Miranda, can you hear me?" She asked, but she got no reply. Her heart was pounding in her chest and she began to panic.
"I am going to get some help." she said, and dialed 911.
While Andy talked to the 911 operator Caroline moved over to Miranda. "Mommy, we love you. Andy will make it better, you'll see." she said as she ran a hand through her mom’s hair and kissed her forehead and then started to cry.
Once Andy got off the phone with the 911 operator and knowing the NYPD were on their way Andy pulled Caroline into her lap. "How long have you been in here?" she asked them softly, her eyes never leaving Miranda's fragile body.
Cassidy looked over towards her mother. "I think it started a little after nine. We went to bed and she came up to tuck us in and about an hour later I woke up and heard the sound of something breaking. I was scared and I came down to see what was wrong .when I got to the second floor landing I heard the argument. I went back upstairs and woke Caroline and we went and hid in the back stairway." Cassidy said, and she was crying again.
"After a while it got quite so we got up and went back upstairs and saw that Stephen's light was on in the guest bedroom. So we went into Mom's study and we found Mom lying on the floor. She was awake and we managed to get her in here .because Stephen doesn't know about our hiding place but Mommy does." Caroline continued. "We thought it would be safe. He called out for us and Mom but he never thought to look in here.”
Andy hugged both of the girls and asked,
“Is he still here?"
"I think so.” Caroline said quietly
Andy moved over and hugged both girls .
“I won't let him hurt you or your Mommy again ." Andy said. She knew her words were true because if she ever saw Stephen again she would throttle him or kick him in the nuts. The brunette looked down towards Miranda again and felt tears stinging the back of her eyes. She reached out and took one of Miranda's hand and held it tightly. She leaned closer to Miranda's face. "You're safe now, help is on the way. That bastard will pay for hurting you, I promise you that." she said, as a tear slid down her face as pale blue eyes opened and connected with her own .
"Andrea." Miranda spoke in a broken voice.
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