I felt instant relief as I stared at my neighbor. She was the same older woman who escorted me to Bella's apartment the first day I arrived. I had used the excuse of seeing some rats to get her to walk me there.
The officer walked towards Fred and held him by the shoulder. "Come on, leave."
Fred hit the officer's hand off and stumbled out of my apartment with his hands swinging by the sides in an angry manner.
"Bella, I hope he didn't hurt you," The woman moved closer to examine my arm.
"He didn't. Thank you so much ma'am."
"No issues dear. Meredith is always here to help," she said in her bubbly voice.
"I've seen many cases like this, the boyfriend, girlfriend saga" The police officer mentioned as Meredith was out of sight. "You can always get a restraining order against him."
"I will. Thank you officer…" I glanced at his uniform and read the name on it. "Thank you officer Joe."
He took his cap off and nodded his head in acknowledgement to my appreciation.
