The Great Escape

16

I woke up the next morning to soft talking from the next room. I realized Mark had put me and Anna in bed.
I looked over and saw Anna wide awake in her crib, giggling happily.
"Oh hi sweetheart. You hungry?" I asked, my accent thicker than usual. I picked her up and set her on the bed so I could change her.
Once done, I slipped on a pair of Nike shorts and picked her up, exiting the room.
I saw Mark talking to a female police officer, the both sitting on the couch.
"Hey Jacky." Mark said happily and stood up.
"What's going on?" I asked curiously, weary of the officer in the room. I pulled Anna higher up on my chest.
"Jack this is officer Ashley. She's here because of the... Recent incident."
"Mark, we could've taken care of this ourselves." I glared at him.
"No, we couldn't have. She needs to talk to you." He looked at officer Ashley who was waiting patiently on the couch.
"I need to feed her." I wrapped my arms a little tighter around Anna.
"I'll feed her." Mark said gently.
"Fine." I rolled my eyes and handed Anna to her. She started to cry when she wasn't in my arms anymore. I had to go sit on the couch anyways.
"Hi Jack. Mark told me to the best of his ability about what happened recently. But now I'll need your side." The woman said professionally.
"Where should I start?"
"From the time Mark left the house."
"Um, ok. It might be a little blurry though."
"That's fine. We just need enough information to launch an investigation." She smiled.
"Ok... I remember me and Anna were playing in our room and I left to go to the bathroom. Then Jamie was behind me and he slashed across my back with a knife. Twice. I fell and he cut my leg. I think I blacked out after that. I woke up with my arms tied to a bed. I really don't know how I was alive by then. But I managed to stay awake while..." I paused and crossed my legs. "He uh, he raped me." I squeezed my eyes shut. "And then I blacked out because I'd lost too much blood. And woke up here yesterday."
Ashley looked down and wrote all the information down.
"Do you know how you ended up here?" She looked back up at me. I shook my head.
"Ok. May I see your wounds?"
"Ya." I stretched my leg out and pulled up the fabric on my leg, showing off the stitches.
Ashley winced. "Um, did you go to a hospital?"
"No." I dropped the fabric back down on my leg. "Mark did it."
"What?" Mark said appeared at the door of the kitchen, holding Anna.
"You stitched up my leg." I confirmed.
"No I... Oh ya! I did." He nodded as he walked over and sat next to me.
"And may I see your back?" Ashley asked.
Without a word I stood up and turned around.
"How did you get all those bruises? Or are they just from the wounds."
"They're from the cuts, ya." I responded, with my accent thick. I sat back down next to Mark who handed Anna to me.
"Ok." Ashley stood. "I'm positive we must have enough information to launch an investigation. So I'll get back to you guys later." Mark stood and let Ashley out.
I sighed gratefully now that the ordeal's over.
Anna gurgled in my lap. I giggled and let her play with my fingers.
"Sorry Jack. I shoulda asked you first."
"No. Maybe you did do the right thing."
"You hungry?"
"Ya." I played with Anna who laughed in my lap.
"Ok. I'll run out and get something while I get some birth control."
"Do you wanna take her with you?" I looked up at Mark as he grabbed his keys.
"Eh, sure why not." He came over to me and picked up Anna. Grabbing the wrap on the way out, they both left.
Now I was alone.
I laid down on the couch, suddenly feeling very nauseous. I ignored it and flipped on the TV, watching a kids show until Mark came back...