Hey guys! So here is my next story. Remember how I said some would be AU well this is. For those of you who don't know AU=Alternate Universe. So if you don't want to read it, don't, no hard feelings. Updates with this may be a little slower because as you all know it is summer and I'm home so i'm spending a lot of time with family and friends. Don't worry though, it will never take me longer than a week. I hope you guys enjoy this and all that good stuff.

Chapter 1

Kenzi walked past one of the nurses and offered a smile as she headed into the hospital. Her blue scrubs secured around her bruised body. She'd slipped into her white lab coat before coming in. The bruises down her arms a tale tale sign someone had grabbed her and held her firmly. She pressed in her security code next to the service elevator and the doors slid open. Once inside she leaned her head back against the wall and sighed. Two years ago this was not her not her life at all. Two years ago she was in medical school. Having decided to better her life and get off the streets. She had been up to her ears in student loan debt and then he'd shown up, Xavier Davidson in business school at the same school, he was an extremely wealthy young man in line to inherit every last stinking penny from his father when he died from the cancer that had plagued him for years. But if he wanted to get all that precious money, he'd have to prove to his father he could settle down. At first it was a deal between two people equally interested in money, Kenzi desperately needing it before she sank in debt, and Xavier, just plain greedy. So they made a deal. She'd marry him and put on a big act for his father and he'd pay off her debt once his father kicked the bucket. And he had, every last dime of it. But when she'd asked him about divorce, he'd laughed in her face. He'd told her he would not sign the papers and if she tried to divorce him he'd hold her accountable for all the money he paid. Blackmail was not something Kenzi was particularly fond of. So she stuck around for another year. But then, six months ago she'd decided she had enough blackmail and enough of him and she'd packed a bag. He caught her walking out the door and beat the living shit out of her. She'd fought back, but her small body was nothing against his much larger one. Her face was so bad she had to call in to work for two weeks. She was rarely scared of people, but Xavier scared the shit out of her. He was pure evil. Didn't care about anyone but himself and he'd told her right to her face, two days after he'd beat her ass, he'd said to her if she ever tried to leave, he'd kill her. He said he would hunt her down no matter how long it took, weeks, months, years, he would find her, and he would kill her. She believed him too. The doors to the elevator dinged open on chaos. But that was always how it was in the Emergency Room. She smiled and walked toward the nurse's station.

"How we doing tonight Kenzi?" The bright smiling face of her closest friend met hers.

"I'm good Jay. How's they baby?" Kenzi asked taking a patient file Jay passed her.

"She is good. Wiggling around a lot tonight." Jay smiled and ran her hand over her large belly.

"I guess she's just excited." Kenzi smiled as she flipped through the file.

"What's up with this?" Kenzi asked pointing to the file. Jay rolled her eyes and glanced over her shoulder at ER Bay 5.

"Came in complaining about a broken toe. Dr. Chapman came in five minutes before you, so he got the first few important cases. You get the idiots." Jay smiled.

"Joy to the world." Kenzi rolled her eyes and walked past the desk and directly into the room.

"Hi my name is Dr. Davidson. I'll be helping you tonight. So what's going on here?" she asked looking up. The brunette sitting on the table looked like she was completely wasting her time and Kenzi could tell she was about to waste hers as well. She glanced down at the toe in question and noticed no bruising or swelling what so ever.

"So I was walking in my heels, these really cute Jessica Simpson's I just got like two days ago and I tripped over a curb and it bent my toe back like this." she demonstrated with her finger. Kenzi fought the urge to roll her eyes and boot her ass right out of here.

"Mhmm." Kenzi nodded.

"And it just started hurting so bad and I felt like crying. So I know I'm not going to be able to go to work tomorrow. I just need you to look at it and give me like a doctor's excuse." She smiled. Kenzi looked at the party clothes the woman donned as well as the sky high heels she had been wearing. Admittedly they were adorable and Kenzi would love to slide them on her feet, but personally she believed if you don't know how to walk in heels, don't try. However she suspected this girl knew how to walk in heels, she just planned on getting drunk with her friends tonight and didn't feel like going to work tomorrow. Kenzi understood, she'd had many of those nights.

"I see. Alright well I can do an x-ray, see if it's broken, but I don't think that is necessary. Do you?" Kenzi asked raising an eyebrow.

"No, not at all." The girl beamed. Kenzi nodded and chuckled as she scribbled some writing down on her pad.

"Here we go. Give this to the discharge nurse and she'll write you out an excuse." She smiled. The girl nodded and plucked the slip from her fingers, slid off the table, and grabbed up her shoes. She wiggled her fingers as she headed out the door.

"Oh and by the way." Kenzi called. The girl turned and nodded.

"Don't drink and drive tonight. Don't want to see any of your work in here." Kenzi smiled and walked past her as she looked on dumbfounded.

Kenzi drove up the long driveway of her home. While she had to admit driving a brand new black dodge challenger and living in a mansion had its perks, it still wasn't enough to make her happy. She was miserable living with Xavier. She'd even taken the night shifts at the hospital just to stay away from him. He left for work around 7:30 in the morning and he didn't get home until about 9 at night. Kenzi usually got home around 7:25 and left at 10 for work. So in total she saw him about an hour and five minutes a day if that. Take out the time she holed herself in her room getting dressed and showering and she probably only saw him thirty minutes a day. But this morning was different. She pulled into the driveway and spotted his fancy town car, but there were two other cars. One belonged to his personal assistant Peter. The other, she was unsure. Kenzi pulled up and slid from her vehicle. She quietly entered the house and looked around. He was usually on his way out of the kitchen, cup of coffee in hand and waving bye. Not this morning though. Kenzi skipped the calling his name part and headed into his office. Xavier was one of those crazy rich people who had a panic room in the basement so if people came to kill him one day, he'd be safe. The door to the basement was in his office, and that door was wide open. Kenzi slipped off her shoes and tip toed down the stairs where the large metal door to the panic room was also open and muffled voices were coming from inside. Kenzi peeked around the corner and spotted Xavier, Peter, and a girl. Kenzi was scared out of her mind when she saw what was going on. This girl, probably in her early twenties, was handcuffed to a chair, her face a bloody mess, her head lolling to the side.

"Now listen, I'm going to ask you this once more. Where is the money?" he asked. Kenzi watched closely her eyes watering from the fact that she was barely blinking.

"I swear Mr. Davidson, I didn't take your money. Please, I have a child, please don't kill me." she begged. Before Kenzi could blink an eye, Xavier lifted his gun and fired one shot into her head.

"Won't be stealing from me again." Xavier smirked. Kenzi panicked, her heart raced and her adrenaline poured through her veins. She had to get out of here. She turned on her heel and ran as fast as she could back up the stairs, the door was as far as she got before someone's hand wrapped in her hair and slammed her forehead against the large wooden door. Kenzi grunted as pain flooded her head.

"Where are you going?" Xavier said leaning down to her where she had fallen. She felt blood trickling down her forehead, but now was not the time to worry. To Kenzi she had always had two choices, run and die, or stay and live. But now, either way she knew she'd be dead. She felt her keys still in her pocket. She could go to the cops, but how many cops did Xavier have in his back pocket?

"Nowhere, nowhere." She said quickly.

"Lying bitch." He growled, his hand came across her face and she tasted blood.

"I swear I won't tell anyone!" She screamed as he wrenched her up by her hair.

"You don't have anywhere to go Kenzi! No family, no money. The cops won't believe you; half of them are in my back pocket. And it is your word over mine. A ex street kid with a rap sheet a mile long. I told you I'd kill you if you left me!" He said. His hand wrapped around her throat and squeezed. The air left her lungs and she panicked. Her hand flailed around for her keys, when her hand closed around them, she could only do one thing. She jerked them from her pocket and slammed the pointed end into his arm. She heard the key as it entered his arm and heard his scream. But once his hands fell from her throat, she held fast to the key and it came out of his arm as soon as he threw her away from him. She slammed against the door and scrambled to open it. Her mind was a mask of horror as she ran down the steps and across the driveway to her car. She was inside and cranking it before he made it out the door.

"I'll find you and I swear to god I'll kill you!" he screamed as her foot slammed on the gas and she sped out of the driveway. Tears streamed out of her eyes as she drove as fast as she could. She grabbed her phone from her bag and tossed it out the window. She had to ditch the car and fast. She didn't know where she was going to go, had no clue. She had no money, no family; all her friends had been cut out of her life when she'd married Xavier. There was Jay, but no way would she put her and her family at risk. Then something hit her and despite the circumstances, she couldn't help the laugh that bubbled over. She headed straight for town. When she got there she parked her car on the street corner. She jerked the mirror down and looked at her face. The cut along her forehead had drying blood around it and was still bleeding a bit. Her lip was busted and only bleeding a bit and her neck was starting to bruise. She went through her bag as quickly as possible and found alcohol swabs. She quickly cleaned her forehead and lip and then zipped her jacket all the way to her chin. It was a cold day out, so it was not abnormal. She went through her bag again and grabbed out a small piece of paper and a pen.

'Whoever finds this car can have it, keys are in the ignition.' She scribbled down. Sure the car would be taken back as soon as Xavier found it, but someone would have a fun few hours. Kenzi smiled, grabbed her bag, and stuck the note on the window as she hurried from the car and into the bank.

"Good Morning Mrs. Davidson." The bright cheery red head said to her.

"Morning Luce." Kenzi smiled.

"Oh goodness, what happened?" Luce said looking at her face. Kenzi feigned laughter and waved her hands about.

"Those darn stairs at the house, marble up and down. I keep telling Xavier to put some carpet on them but he just says it will ruin their beauty. I bet he changes his tune now that I busted my butt." Kenzi smiled. Luce nodded and chuckled.

"What can I help you with today?" she asked.

"I need to make a withdrawal." Kenzi smiled.

"Alright, how much and from which account?" Luce asked.

"All and from both. I want to close out my private account and our joint account." She said with a smile. Luce's eyes widened and she looked up.

"That's almost two million dollars." She said choking slightly on her spit.

"Yeah I know, we're going on a nice little European vacation and I just figured I'd splurge a little." Kenzi smiled.

"Ok ok, just one second let me get you an envelope." Luce chuckled and turned. Kenzi tapped her foot and looked around while she waited. There was no telling where Xavier was, and this would really piss him off. He'd shit a cow.

"Here we go Mrs. Davidson; you guys have an amazing time, and watch those dang stairs." Luce smiled.

"Thank you so much and I will definitely do that." Kenzi waved and hurried out the door. She turned toward the small cheap motel and decided to relax for just a few hours.