Married To A Stranger (Wattys2021 Eligibility Award) (AMAZON PUBLISHED)

Chapter 7 Part 1

Saturday...

It's Saturday morning and it's the first time in a long time I've felt free. The air feels thinner, the sun shines brighter and I'm just in a good mood overall and it's all thanks to not being at home with Mark. After we got to Kelly's place last night, we couldn't do anything other than taking a shower, order takeout, and head straight to bed. But today we have a whole day ahead of us, we will be heading to the supermarket in a few and after that, in the night we are hitting the club. I'm still a little skeptical about that what happened the last time. Instinctively my hands went up to my face and neck. The bruises and swelling are gone but my throat is still a little hoarse talking or swallowing on a whole. And with him raping me, I'm actually glad I just came off my menstrual the day before, I don't think I ever want to get pregnant for Mark and I need to do something to prevent that from happening.

"Feeling pain?" Kelly asked while walking into the kitchen. I shook my head and finished up taking the pancakes to the island. I had taken the liberty of making breakfast and choose pancakes this morning, with a cup of chocolate with marshmallows for the both of us. Kelly is having scrambled eggs with her strawberry pancakes with no syrup, while I'm having the same with some nuggets.

"Mhmm," I moaned a little putting a slice of the pancake in my mouth with my eyes close.

"Well look at you about to have an orgasm eating breakfast," Kelly teased while stuffing her mouth.

"Oh, shit Kay, this tastes good," she exclaimed.

"Exactly," I said rolling my eyes.

"I hardly get to eat much when I'm at home," I sighed. Don't get me wrong,

I'm not starved or anything, but I hardly get to eat some real food. I'm a big girl after all and I had hardly gained much weight over the course of waking up in the hospital to the present day. Mark always had me only eating at a certain time, certain portions, and limited to only a few things. I don't mind eating healthy and exercising, but I have a huge appetite, I don't know if I've always been this way or not but it's definitely how I am now.

"Well, you're going to be with me for the weekend," "We can eat whatever we want," Kelly smiled at me. I returned the smile back.

After finishing breakfast, we sat in the living room a bit before heading out. Kelly was browsing the channels and I was browsing on my phone, I sent Mark a text letting him know I'm well. I didn't want to but I'm going to keep him at arm's length so he doesn't pop by unannounced. I put my phone down beside me and looked over at Kelly and I think it's time I just come clean with what happened.

"Kellz," I called her. She turned around and looked at me and I'm guessing she saw the concerned look on my face. She shut the TV off and came closer beside me.

"If you're not ready to talk it is okay," she reached over and held my hand when she said that. I felt a tear roll down my face and I realized that I had started crying. I wiped away the tear and then slowly looked up at her.

"It's okay, I want to tell you in case something bad actually happens," I said to her. Kelly had an expression on her face I wasn't sure what to make of it. She reached over and took up her phone.

"Do you mind if I call Kevin so that I can have another reliable source?" "It's not going to be an official report but more like insurance," she asked.

I thought about it for a bit and then I shake my head in agreement. She made the call to Kevin and explained to him what we were going to do. He agreed to listen in on the conversation and also told us to record it. I took out my phone and went on the app.