BRENDA'S FREEDOM

CHAPTER ONE

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A/N: I will be changing how things happened and not following how they happened on the show Please Review

I am not using beta reader so all mistakes are mine

Brenda was on an airplane, she was relieved that she had gotten away. She was running from her husband. He had been abusive, he had beaten her, he had raped her, and so much more now she was on a plane to Beverly Hills, to safety, she hoped. She was going to get a divorce; all she had to do was find a lawyer. She now had proof of what he had done to her. His parents were away this time and could not buy their way out for their son, this time she would win. She would have her divorce and be free of him.

She had bruises, two broken ribs and lacerations on her back where he had hit her with a belt. This had been going on for three years, since she had married him, she had tried to leave but she had been scared of what he would do and without proof she couldn't make his parents keep him away from her. They had done nothing to help her. They had let him beat her, rape her, whip her and so much more.

No one knew what she had been going through and she had wanted to keep it that way, but now they were about to find out. She was not going to keep his secrets anymore. She needed help and if he came looking for her, her brother and their friends needed to know what they were up against. He was powerful and had money which is what his parents used to bury hospital records and buy off the police, so there would be no charges against their son for what he did to her.

She had gotten away though and no one could stop her this time. She was free and she was going to stay free. She was not going back ever again, no matter what she'd rather be dead than go back to being abused.

The plane landed and she got what little luggage she brought with her, she had left in a hurry and didn't pack much, just the essentials, she had to get out of the house before he or his parents came home or she would never have gotten away.

She took a cab to her old house, Brandon knew she was coming, but didn't know why. He didn't know about the fact that her husband had abused her, but he was about to find out. The cab pulled up on the street that Casa Walsh was on and she saw the cars. She knew her brother had invited the gang over—Kelly, Dylan, Steve, Donna, David, Val and Andrea who was back in Beverly Hills.

Well she would only have to do this once at least. She got out and asked the driver to bring the bag up to the house and gave him his money and a nice tip. She took a breath and knocked on the door.

Brandon, who was excited to see his sister after so long, went to the door and threw it open. He not knowing that she had been hurt grabbed her and pain went through her side. She was blinded by pain and cried out. Brandon pulled back and looked at his sister's pale face and saw the agony that was reflected on it. He knew something was wrong.

"Andrea something is wrong with Brenda." Brandon called to Andrea who was a doctor.

"Bring her here and lay her on the couch." Andrea instructed as everyone else wondered what was going on. Andrea could see by the look on Brenda's face she was in pain. Everyone but Kelly had been looking forward to seeing Brenda again and now they were worried that something was wrong with her.

"Brandon, I'm hurt." She didn't want to get into this right away. "Not deaf, I know what is wrong with me."

Donna looked at her friend that she hadn't seen in 5 years and asked the question that is on everyone else's minds. "What is wrong Brenda? How did you get hurt?"

"I have two broken ribs, lacerations on my back and bruises." Brenda matter-of-factly told them showing no emotion.

"How the hell did this happen?" An angry Dylan asked. He still loved Brenda and the thought of her hurt just terrified him.

"My husband did this." Brenda said shocking everyone.

"Thomas O'Brien did this?" Brandon asked shocked thinking if Thomas hit her once he probably hit her all the time and he couldn't imagine the hell she must have gone through if that was the case.

"Yes."

"How long has this been going on?" Dylan asked as shocked as everyone else.

"Since I married him, three years four months and twenty-two days, too damn long." Brenda told them showing little emotion. She got use to showing no emotion because if something meant something to her Thomas would use it against her.

Dylan was angry that someone could lay a hand on Brenda, he loved her always had and always would.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Brandon asked worriedly, thinking about what his sister had been going through.

"I thought I could handle it and get away on my own. For three years I have tried to leave and his parents have had me brought back every time."

"What do you mean?" Steve asked concerned.

"They have kept me away from anyone who would help me and have paid off hospital personal to not report the abuse, files go missing, police reports get lost and so forth, I could never prove what he did to me, except this time his parents were on vacation and the doctor was new and she gave me a copy of my report. I can buy my divorce and freedom with that."

"Why didn't you just leave?" Donna asked not understanding what Brenda had been going through.

"I've tried but the O'Brien's have found me and had me brought back each time and then they would lock me in the basement until they were sure I wouldn't run away again. I got so sick of that I quit running because I knew I would be found and brought back and without proof of what he was doing to me I couldn't leave and not be brought back. Now I have proof and I can get a divorce."

"They have used force to make you go back? How?" David wondered, confused.

"They have security and they would send them after me and make me go with them or just take me back to the house and I would be a prisoner; after that happened three times I knew I had to wait till I could leave with proof of what he did, it took two more years to get that proof."

"How did you finally get the proof?" Dylan was scared of the answer.

"His parents were away on a trip and there was a new doctor who had just come to town and didn't know about Thomas and that she was supposed to shred the files, so when I asked for a copy she happily made one thinking that she was helping me get away from an abusive husband, which she was. I now have proof and now I can get a divorce and I can be free of Thomas O'Brien and his parents Jill and Tim O'Brien. I have waited for this day for three years and it's finally here. Thank you God." Brenda winces as she moves.

"I hate to break this up but I think I should take a look at Brenda and see how she is doing for myself, if you don't mind Brenda?" Andrea tells everyone and then looks at Brenda.

"Yes I think that might be a good idea."

"Why don't you use your old room, no one has been staying in there since Val moved in with David and it is where you will be staying." Brandon tells her.

"Thanks Brandon, can you bring my suitcase up, I would like to change my clothes while I'm at it."

"No problem, I'll get it right now." Brandon takes Brenda's suitcase from where he left it. "Brenda you only have the one suitcase?"

"Yes I had to pack in a hurry; otherwise he could have come home and found me. I had to hurry and get out of there."

Brandon is saddened and angered by what his sister has gone through. He takes the suitcase up the stairs to Brenda's old room and sets it down and Brenda and Andrea walk in with Andrea holding her doctor's bag which she had gotten out of her car. Brandon leaves and Andrea begins examining Brenda to see how she is and see if she can help her.