Tag, you're it

*WARNING* Mature content: abusive actions, cruel language, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, domestic abuse, and sexual content.

"So, tell me what you're going to do, Grace. Tell me now."

I look up with watery eyes and a broken soul. "I'm going to go make you supper then go upstairs and wait for more beatings.."

His eyes burn my skin as he looks at me. His nostrils flare and he grabs me by the haie, yanking me up onto my feet and making me look him into his eyes. "And?"

"And I will cover up all the marks and bruises before going to work. I will not tell anyone about what happens in this house or you will kill me," I tell him what he tells me to do every night when he comes home drunk.

Dustin smiled and his alcoholic breath blows into my face, making me cringe. "Good girl. Now get into the kitchen and make me supper, bitch." He tosses me away from him and drops onto the couch.

Tears pour from my eyes as I walk into the kitchen quickly. I pull out the spaghetti ingredients as I sob quietly. I pray to God that there is still a chance for me to get out of this mess.

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Grace English is a 24 year old Video Game Tech Manager. She's lived with her boyfriend, Dustin Brown, for 5 years and counting. They found each other at UCLA when they were in college. He was studying to be a Computer Analysis worker and was a complete frat boy. She fell instantly.

Dustin wasn't the best person for Grace. He'd get her drunk, make her do drugs, force her into sex, and even slip drugs into her drinks so that she'll pass out. But as the years went by, Dustin became abusive. Every night, he would come home drunk off his ass. He'd beat Grace until she was black and blue in the face or until she passed out.

One day out of the blue, an old friend from Grace's childhood shows up to get Grace's help. Grayson McDaniel walks up to Grace's home to find her beaten. His heart broke for the girl he'd been in love with. Maybe, he will set aside his family to help he