Michelle woke up with a startled gasp and felt her heart pounding in her chest, almost as if it was about to jump out of her body. She only got a few seconds before a cracking scream pierced the veil of silence. Without even thinking, she jumped out of bed, only stopping to see if she disturbed her bed-mate , luckily he was sound asleep, before running on her toes to the nursery at the other end of the apartment. She quietly opened the door and slipped in before closing it again. She toed herself to the crib, not even hesitating before picking up the wailing bundle. Her son immediatley stopped, feeling the security of his mothers embrace. After a few seconds of trying to lull the baby back to sleep he began whimpering quietly, only for his mother to close her eyes. '' Shhh baby, please.. daddy's asleep, don't wake your daddy..'' she tried to coo , rocking her body from side to side , once again trying to quiet the baby down.'' Shhh, mommy's here, no need to cry..'' she trailed of. Deciding it was best to feed him , again, she walked over to the rocking chair in the corner of the nursery. She sat down and lowered her shirt over her left breast and tried to make her baby eat. '' There, there..'' she smiled when he finally sucked in her nipplein his mouth and began to calm down. '' There you go.'' she finally said , after her baby finally slipped back to sleep. Her carefully fixed her night-shirt and picked up her body, walking over to the crib and , with hesitation , put him down. She didn't want to leave him, not just yet. Her little baby, only 14 months old, yet she felt like it was only yesterday she cried out forthe doctors to let her se him. He sleeped so soundless, so oblivious to the world around him. She envied that, the pure innocence. With a sigh she walked over to the door, stepped out, closed it and walked to the master bedroom and slipped back into bed. The very bed where a monster lied. Her husband.
Michelle had met Daniel when she first started college, he'd come to visit his brother , her history teacher. She'd been 18, he'd been 28. It didn't matter that he had 10 years on her, it only seemed exciting and magicall. When she graduated early , at 20 , he proposed and a halv year later they were married. A year after that Aleksander arrived, their son. A week after Alek's birth, Daniel changed. He started to work late at the office, being a lawyer , rarely comming home, drinking , smoking and worst of all .. he started to abuse her. First it had only been verbal abuse, then came the hits. Slaps on her cheeks, punches in her stomack, kicks , the belt on her back. It was like his whole personality changed. He couldn't even look at Alek, not even saying his name. It was always 'that kid' or ' the child'. She didn't love him, not anymore, he scared her. He wasn't the man she fell inlove with. Sometimes, she wondered if the man she fell for was still inside somewhere, or if it all had been just a game for him.