Ivanna P.O.V.
“What the hell Kevin”
“Where you been baby”
“uhh. Umm at home”
He slapped me obviously knowing I was lying. It hurt so bad. Most of the bruising had gone down already but this was bringing back bad memories.
“Don’t fucking lie to me Ivanna. Now where have you been?”
“At home Kevin Damn.”
He punched me in my mouth and I tasted blood. He busted my lip.
“Don’t lie to me again Ivanna. I will kill you”
With that he walked off. I stood there holding my face and in complete shock. I walked to the back of the store where there was a bathroom to clean my face. I walked in and wet a paper towel with cool water. Each time I dabbed my lip it stung. I forgot all about Courtney. I sat in the bathroom on the floor and cried. It was nasty but my life was over. If I didn’t show up tonight Kevin was going to send people to find me. Then he was going to beat the living shit out of me. I hate my life, when I was living with Kevin I wondered if it was even worth living.
I heard a knock at the door.
“Ma’am are you alright”
“Yes, I’m sorry I will be out in a minute”
I had missed calls from Courtney but I needed to be alone right now. I walked right out the store. I started walking down the street to an open field. I went there to clear my mind. Nobody knew of this place but Faith and my mom. When my grandmother died I never wanted to leave. My Gi-Gi was everything to me and I hated that she left me. My phone started ringing and it was Courtney again. I hit decline. I was so thankful for Courtney but this was a problem I had to handle myself.
It had been two hours that I had been sitting here in the grass. I was thinking about everything. My Gi-Gi, where I went wrong in my life, and life itself. Everybody would be better off without me. I can’t make anybody happy, I was just in the way. I hated myself sometimes letting myself think of suicide. I was always the girl who would always keep them hidden. They were eating me up inside. I hated that feeling. With a handful of pills or a gun to my head it could be all over.
It was beginning to turn into night and I was just crying. I heard a car horn and breaks screech.
“Ivanna, Ivanna,”
It was Faith.
“Oh my god Vanna what happened? Who did this to you?”
“Kevin did I saw him in the store while I was there with Courtney. When I was along he kept asking me where I was. I told him I was at home and he slapped me the first time and then punched me in my mouth the second time.”
“Oh baby girl… It’s going to be Okay. Courtney is at the house worried sick about you come on so I can take you home”
“Faith, listen to me. I can’t go back there. If I don’t show up at Kevin’s in a little bit he is going to send people out to find me. When they find me he is going to kill me. He is going to beat me until I am dead Faith!”
“Courtney will protect you, he loves you girl”
“Yall don’t know Kevin like I do. He is real deal crazy. Just take me to him. Tell Courtney I can’t be with him anymore”
“Girl I can’t tell him that”
“Tell him, I can’t look at him and tell him that. Take me to Kevin”
