The Great Escape

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I awoke to the heavy rainfall on my window. I've always been a light sleeper. It was 6:30 a.m. Might as well get up I thought.

I made some coffee and watched some TV for about an hour then decided to get ready for work.

I work as an assistant at Kodaline Waterlynn's publishing company down in Manhattan. it pays okay, enough for me to live on.

"Babe" Jamie sighed. "What are you doing up so early!" He said in anger.

"Some of us work you know" I snapped.

Jamie doesn't have a job he claims he's to "busy" for work. Plus he's got it great his parents spoil him like crazy and pay for this apartment.

I've never gotten to know my parents. My mother got pregnant with me when she was 18 years old. My age. My parents were never married. I guess I was a surprise. My mother got in a car accident when I was around 2 years old. My father was devastated. He was so in love with my mother that he couldn't handle it.

He began drinking and was so depressed and heartbroken he couldn't handle the fact that she was gone.

So he overdosed and killed himself.

My parents were in love. It was a love worth dying for. A kind of love I hope to experience one day.

After my father died I was around 2 1/2 years old or so, i was sent to live with my moms good friend Naomi for about 7 years. Sadly Naomi suffered from bipolar disorder and depression and could no longer take care of me.

So I started attending foster homes.

I've been in and out of foster homes till I was about 17 years old.

I really didn't like them.

I never fitted in.

I became mute when I was 10 because I also suffer from depression and I was often bullied as a child.

When I was around 15 years old I stayed in a foster home where I connected with this one girl Shay Augustin. Her parents were French and were both alcoholics. She really helped me overcome my fears and helped me fight my depression.

She used to be the only person I talked to.

I overcame being mute after 5 months of meeting Shay. But later got transferred out of the home. I tried keeping in contact with shay. All I know is she moved back to France.

at 16 I was tired of foster homes and tried to run away.

But the social workers found me of course and put me in what I like to call, "the final destination" it was my last foster home I attended.

Highschool.

That's were I met Jamie.

We really connected. And became best friends in a short period of time. I didn't have any friends at all so he was all I had.

When I was 17 he invited me to stay with his family which I happily accepted.

I was out of the "final destination" and lived with Jamie and his family.

I later started dating Jamie towards the end of high school and his parents bought him a nice apartment down in Manhattan.

around 9 months ago I realized Jamie wasn't "boyfriend material".

He became very abusive. Physically and mentally.

If I didn't "pleasure him" I would get "punished".

I can't count how many times I've been

Assaulted ..beaten.. And cried myself to sleep.

Some of the bruises have faded.

I have some scars form when I self harmed and from the damage he's done.

You might wonder why I don't escape..

I've tried running away before. It didn't last long I ran down to New Jersey and stayed in this rubbish motel. It didn't take 2 days until he came and found me.

Let's just say the results weren't pretty..

But now I've got a new plan and i hope this works.

If this doesn't, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

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Here's a little background information on Rosaline. (Main character)

Thank you so much for reading. This is the official first chapter of The Great Escape.

I hope you enjoy!

XO

- S