"Hidden Secret"

Chapter 1

                                       FLASHBACK

"Daddy, im scared". "I don't want to go". "Please don't make me go".

"Shhh, Baby". "Be a good girl for, Daddy". "You know, Daddy payed alot of money to this nice man here so his son could take care of you and help us save our business". "Now go with this nice man, Sweetheart and do exactly as he askes". "Never disobey him ok, Baby?". "Promise me!".

"Ok, Daddy!"..."I promise".

"That's my girl!". "I love you my sweet angel".

"I love you too, Daddy!".

The man grabbed ahold of my little hand leading me off to his truck and away from my parent's as my mother sobbed in my father's arm's, making that night the last night to ever see my parent's again.

Because that's the night my entire world changed, the night I became fearful of every and all men and the power and dominance they held over me in my life.

The only memory left now being the distinct scent of my father's pipe that smelled of Dark Fired Kentucky tobacco that he alway's had flown in from the southeast, and the sweet scent of my mother's perfume that smelled of wild flower's and fresh summer breeze.

                                   ASHLEY'S POV

Shaking my head free from my demons, I start my day like every other...

                                   DEAR DIARY!!.

Today is my eighteenth birthday, and I am so beyond excited because my friend's are finally taking me out to a club. I'm a little nervous though because, Korbin, my boyfriend and future husband has a habit of getting jealous and acting out in a way that can only be described as terrifying. Usually waiting until we're behind closes door's and alone again before he unleashes his anger out on me where no one can stop what's going on. To be honest im shocked he even let me have friend's in my life to begin with.

I mean, just last week there was an incident where he beat me black and blue because he thought I was making eye's at the grocery store clerk when he was helping us put our groceries in the back of, Korbin's truck.

So now I have these massive bruises all over my body along with a black eye that I now have to cover up so my friend's are oblivious to what's actually going on, because if I don't he will beat me worse the next time because I didn't cover the evidence up good enough the first time and made HIM look bad. Or that I allowed people to even judge him in the first place by not hiding the evidence good enough for them to remain clueless. That only happened once though because believe me, ive learned pretty damn quick to hide what's happening to me in this house. My friend, Melissa took me out yesterday before, Korbin got home from work and bought me a new unbelievably sexy off the shoulder strapless red dress for my birthday. I hope he likes it and doesn't tear it off my body again like he did with the last one because I really do love this dress.

Anyway, Diary. I should go, he'll be home soon and I still have to get his dinner rea...

"AAAASHLEEEEY!!". "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU, AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY DINNER?". "GET YOUR ASS DOWN THESE STAIRS BEFORE I BEAT YOUR ASS AGAIN, BITCH!".

'Shit!'. 'Shit!'. 'Shit!, why is he home already?'.

"Coming, Baby!".

"Hurry the fuck up, woman". "Where the fuck is my dinner?, im starving".

"You're early, Baby". "I haven't had a chance to...".

    'WACK!'... 'WACK!'... 'PUNCH!'.

As I round the corner to the kitchen, Korbin's hand connects smacking me twice across the face and punching me once in the stomach sending me flying into the kitchen wall as I hit the floor, putting my hand's up trying desperately to shield and protect myself from his rath.