Omniscient
Compton California
September 3rd 2023
"Jayden please don't make me do this—I don't want this" Destiny cried.
"If you'on go ta' this fuckin' appointment ima beat yo' ass again" Jayden gripped Destiny's chin aggressively, "you hea' me?"
Destiny nodded, "yes I hear you"
Jayden kissed her lips before letting her face go, "text me when you're done"
As soon as Destiny closed the car door, Jayden sped off. Destiny watched his car disappear before wiping her face.
She looked at the clinic before walking inside.
*Present*
"So what brings you here Destiny?" The therapist asks.
Destiny sat in the middle of two couch cushions as she picked at her nails. She realized that she probably had ptsd from her previous relationship and she didn't like how what Jayden did to her was making her think ja'rod could be like that.
"Destiny?"
She looked up, "sorry"
"It's okay, you can take your time—we have—"she checked her watch, "fifty minutes left"
"I thought, well I felt like I needed to come here and talk" she spoke lowly.
"Why?"
"Why?" Destiny repeated.
"Why did you feel like you had to come here? What do you feel like you need to talk about?"
Destiny furrow her eyebrows before sighing, "I was with my boyfriend a couple days ago and I thought he was going to hit me"
"Has he put his hands on you before?"
"No! No"
"So why were you scared of him in that moment? Why'd you think he was going to hurt you?"
Destiny began to get frustrated, "no he would never hurt me, he's a good guy, he wouldn't"
"Destiny calm down, I want you to take a breath and explain to me why you felt scared"
"Because I was abused in my last relationship and when my back hit the wall in the closet, I got Deja vu"
"Can you tell me what happened leading up to this?, it's okay if you don't want to"
"No its fine—so I had just gotten off the phone with him and asked him to bring me something back, I was at his house—so I was bored so I went in his closet and was playing in his clothes and stuff"
"Mhm"
"Then I found like five or six, I don't remember how many, but um I found some pictures of a women and two little boys"
"He came back and saw the pictures in my hand and freaked out about it and then he was mad and started walking towards me and I thought he was gonna hit me" Destiny explained.
"Is your current boyfriend an aggressor?"
"No, he would never hurt me"
"Are you sure about that?" The therapist raised her eyebrows.
Destiny hesitated for a second before shaking her head, "I'm sure, he wouldn't do that"
"Okay" the therapist checked her watch again.
*past*
"Destiny Lawrence!" The nurse called destiny back. She carefully got up and walked to the backroom.
