My Best Friends Wedding

Broken

DO YOU THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW HE WAS HERE!?!? THE NEIGHBORS TELL ME EVERYTHING!!!

I could hear him yelling and her crying. I wasn't expecting her to call and I certainly wasn't expecting this. It felt like she was calling on purpose so if anything happened to her there would be someone who knew what happened. The idea made me sick to my stomach. I was riled up and wanted to get back to her as quickly as I could, but I couldn't leave work. I was on the other side of the United States and there wasn't a thing I could do for her. I kept thinking about Carly and Maddy and how much I wanted to get them out of there. The sound of her scream and then the phone going silent sent me over the edge. I was 10 minutes away from this huge title match and all I could think about was what was happening on the other end of the phone. I called over and over, but no one picked up

"Hey! Ambrose!? You alright? We have a match in 10 minutes"

"Yeah. I'll be right there."

I've been trying for the last month to get a hold of her. She never answers the phone and I was so worried. I'd been so busy since winning the title...work, travel, meet n greets, interviews and media tours...I haven't been able to get back to Ohio. But I tried to call her all day, every day, every second I had free.

I ran back through the curtain and into the locker room. At some point half way through my match I just decided to leave. I wasn't going to wait another second. I couldn't leave them like that anymore.

MADDY'S POV

I sniffled and wiped the tears from my eyes quickly before he came back in the room. I'd become a frightened shell of what I used to be. I missed the old me. Jon brought out the old me. I felt alive with him, but everything was so complicated. Rick lost it when someone told him Jon was here overnight. He destroyed my phone and I haven't really left the house. He's become more violent and demanding since that night. Carly hides most of the time. She's terrified. How can I do this to her?

"We're going to go to this event. You're going to stand up there and we're going to pretend to be this perfect, happy family. I expect you to smile and wave. None of this crying and frowning bullshit."

"Yeah. OK." I whispered.

I stood up and walked to the closet and put on a nice green dress and cream colored wedge heels.

"Goddamn it Madison. Don't you pay attention? I'm wearing a purple tie. You can't show up wearing green."

He came up to me and grabbed me by the back of my neck and shoved me back in the closet causing me to stumble to my knees.

"Mommy?"

I sniffled and looked back at her and smiled

"She can't wear that. Go back to your room and put on what I told you to wear." 

Carly just stood there in the doorway of the closet clutching her bear watching me. Rick stepped towards her and I grabbed his pant leg.

"Go put on that pretty purple dress on your bed. Go on. Mommy just tripped over these silly shoes."

She stood staring not wanting to move and I could see the anger building in Rick..

"Carly, go now. Please. Everything is fine. We're leaving soon. Please."

"She's just like you. She doesn't listen."

He motioned angrily towards her and she ran away. I got up slowly and unzipped the dress. I didn't know if I had anything purple. I hardly ever wore that color

"WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO GET DRESSED ON TIME!?!?!"

I desperately searched through my closet for something that was purple, but I was panicked and flustered and couldn't find anything. Rick burst through the closet and grabbed the unzipped dress and ripped it off of me. I screamed in shock as he forcefully pushed me down.