Pregnant By My Abusive Husband

22: All Better

Lara's POV:

Peace... That's all that comes to my mind, just, peace... It's been 5 years since we killed John. When the police showed up my dad showed them voice recordings and pictures of John abusing me. No one even tried to make a case against us in court. I moved in with my Dad shortly after John was buried. Apparently because John hadn't written a will yet most of everything he had went to me, including his gym business.

I've been living a good life deuce that day 5 years ago. I'm at my beach house in Florida with the kids. George needs a wheelchair to move around and a machine to talk but he's still my little boy. Rachel loves to play in the sand and run from the waves. My Dad loves to watch them knowing they are safe and at times so do I.

Hannah had a baby girl and named her Yeshi, we used to talk a lot but we've slowly lost touch. From what I've heard she's living in her own apartment near her parents. Maya helps me run the gym and we've never been better together.

I've met another man named Scott, he is kind and sweet and cares about me deeply. We e been dating for around 2 years and he's great. I'm not sure if I'm ready to rush into marriage right now, I'm still recovering.

I see my dad walk towards me. "Hey." He says, "hi," I respond. "Sweet pea I want to let you know that I am so proud of you. You've done so much work to get to where you are now." I smile at him. "Thank's Dad, I'm just taking things slow in life." He suddenly grabs my hand and squeezes it as he looks at his grandkids. "They're amazing," He says. "They really are."

He then grabs each of us a beer and after we open them he raises his bottle. "To us, we've come so far and there's nothing but clear sky's ahead." "Agreed." I say and we tap our glasses together.

As I sit back and watch my kids I do truly believe that nothing will get in our way. After everything that's happened to us, we deserve this. Peace, happiness, release. I know this because even a mistake like getting pregnant by my abusive husband can somehow turn my life around.

I'm not going to dwell on the past or think too hard about the future, no, I'm just going to enjoy the now and everything I've earned. Right now, I love my life.

Author's Note: Man I even cried a bit while writing this chapter. I know it was short but it's a good way to wrap up the story. I hope you all enjoyed it, comment your thoughts about the story. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. YOU ARE WHAT HAS KEPT ME WRITING.