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“I wanther shirt and ripping the front, exposing her plain, cotton bra His gaze fixated on her chest

Her heart raced, fearit hard for her to think To react He’d never touched her like that before He’d bruised her, e, of escape

But he’d never hurt her sexually

So

“Maybe there’s another way Maybe I don’t need theas she stared at him in shock Had he finally lost it?

“Yeah, ’bout time you paid me back after I fed and sheltered you all these years”

Yep, he’d lost it Fed and sheltered her? She’d taken care of herself all these years With no help fro hindrance

If it weren’t for the boys, she’d have left a long tio

Reaching down, he grabbed her sore hand before she could stop him “What’s this? Got a little boo-boo?”

He squeezed until she screamed in pain A satisfied smirk crossed his face He wouldn’t be happy until he’d exacted his pain Using her other hand, she dug her nails into his wrist to try to force hio

“Get the fuck away from me,” she yelled at him

He loosened his hold on her hand only to grab hold of her neck, pressing her to the floor His hand tightened around her neck until she kneould bruise, until dark dots danced in front of her eyes She couldn’t breathe Shit! He was going to kill her!

“Pathetic bitch”

He let go of her She lay still, gasping She couldn’t risk incurring more of his wrath Not when she had the boys to think of If anything happened to her

He stepped back, chuckling to himself and stumbled over to where her purse was She didn’t even bother protesting as he searched around inside it, pulling out a twenty-dollar bill She knew better than to keep anything more in there