Warning: This book may contain content that involves scenarios of an abusive relationship, violence, and crude language. If you are sensitive to any of these three topics, please read at your own risk. Thank you and enjoy.
Skylar
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"Trey let me go!" "Stop you're hurting me!" "Please let me go, I won't leave I'll stay baby please I promise!" "You ain't goin' no where?" "I promise just, please let me go." He dropped me onto the hardwood floor. His foot met with my shoulder. I never thought he would hurt me. What did my relationship become? This is not how I wanted my life to play out. I got up slowly and went into the bathroom to check out my shoulder. I was bruised, and it hurts to see my body this way. Emotionally and physically I was broken.
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"Hey girl how's your morning so far?" My best friend Madison said bringing me my coffee and hugging me from behind. I winced a little in pain, and she noticed. "No no no no no, Sky please don't tell me he hit you again!" She exclaimed as her voice rang through the halls. "Shhh be quiet not so loud, but yes he did, it's okay thought I'm fine." "You say that all the time, this is not fine. I'll be back you know the drill." She left out of my office and headed towards the lunch room.
I am a graphic designer at McMichael Inc. I am the head designer to be exact, and I am the only African American women in the whole incorporation. I am proud of it too , but the people here definitely don't let me forget it either. Some days are harder than others but I wouldn't dare let anyone stop me from living my dreams. Since I've been here Madison is the only one who has took the time to love me for who I am as a person and not judge me for the color of my skin. Ever since then we've been the best of friends, 5 years strong.
I love Madison with all my heart. She has watched my relationship turn from the best to the worst. Madison has delivered the flowers he sent to me every once in a while, and she's given me the lunch he would pick up for me. But she also helped me escape in the middle of the night, gave me a place to stay for some days and even attempted to help me get into a group for abused women. She's the only person who fully understands my struggle and I appreciate her so much.
"Now where is it this time Sky?" She said with a gallon sized bag of ice wrapped in napkins. "My shoulder." She pulled off my blazer and pulled back my blouse to inspect my bruise.
"Good lord, Sky why do you let him do this to you?" "I wish I could stop him, and I wish it didn't have to be this way, but these are the results when I try to leave Madison." "I hate to see you hurting Sky." She said placing the ice on my back. "I hate to see me hurting too, I wish it would all just go back to the way it was."
It hasn't always been like this. In college things were perfect, simply flawless. He was the perfect gentleman, a man a girl dreams for. But he unfortunately failed some classes, couldn't pay for college anymore, and started turning for the worst. I graduated and came straight to McMichale Inc., and that's where the problem began. I started bringing home little checks at first, that was enough to cover the apartment bills by myself. Then I saved enough money to buy a small house and at that point I didn't need him for anything finically. That's when I became his biggest threat and an easy target.
I never presented myself as if I was more superior than Trey, but he saw me living my dreams and he knew I eventually wouldn't need him anymore. So the only thing to keep me trapped was to beat me. He started with aggressive language and pushing me into the walls and doors. I'm so tiny, petite is an understatement, I weight no more than 125 pounds and he was basically a body builder, this was a battle I couldn't fight. I had no one to run to as things got worse. I chose to go to college away from home, states and states away from the people whole could protect me the most. I was alone and trapped in a relationship which was once surrounded by love and now turned into an one sided boxing match.
