she did, but she loved Will alot more. She loved her job, but how many times did one girl ever marry the man of her
dreams? Alicia was certain that if she said yes to Will she could find a job somewhere else. Or it would be fine with
her to just be a housewife. And his family seemed to like her especially his dad.
Alicia did hate working with her father. He was always yelling at her for the mistakes she made on the job. And he always
disliked whomever she dated. And Alicia didn't want to go back to work not if she couldn't see Will all the time.
Will was a Duke. That meant when she married him, that would also become her last name wouldn't it? Or would Will still
stay a Montgomery? Alicia Duke had a nice ring to it. Alicia smiled wryly. Alicia finally decided that night she would
Marry Will. Her job just wasn't that important to her like being Married was. She wanted to be with Will, and his family
to see him every morning and night.
The only problem they had was her ex-boyfriend Dave before she Met Will. Dave was abusive and obsessed over her. The last
encounter she had with him was a few days ago in her lab. He had hit her twice once in the face, and twice in her stomach.
she had a nasty bruise on her stomach and the one on her left eye was begining to heal Alicia had covered it with makeup so everyeon
couldn't notice. If Will saw it, he didn't say anything.
Alicia woke up to go find Will. He was still up sitting at the kitchen table. She joined him "Hi" she said smiling warmly
the makeup was taken off now it was late at night.
Will "Hey Alicia. Did you think about the proposal?" he asked
Alicia nodded "I did and your more important to me than work. Yes, I'll marry you Will".
Will had been unable to sleep. All he could think about was Alicia's reply to his proposal. He had hoped she'd say yes. When she came into the kitchen later that night she sat at the table with him, holding his hand as she agreed to marry him.
It took Will a few moments to register what she was saying. "Do you want to run that by me again?" Will whispered softly.
"I said, yes. I'll marry you, Will," Alicia said, a brilliant smile crossing her lovely features. It was all Will could do to keep from shouting as he got up and walked over to her, taking her in his arms.
"I thought you would pick your job over me," Will said, stroking her hair gently as he kissed her cheek.
"I had to think about it. You were right when I said I hated working for my father. But what am I going to tell my father, Will. You know he doesn't like you. You lived in a trailer. He called you trailer trash," Alicia said, looking concerned as she looked at Will.
"We're both old enough to decide what we want. Anyway, my parents are willing to accept you as their daughter. Mama and Daddy both said they liked you a lot and that we seem to fit together," Will said, causing Alicia to blush slightly.
"I like them to. At least your dad seems like he loves you and your sisters and brother," Alicia said as Will stroked her face gently. It was then Will noticed it. He hadn't seen it earlier because Alicia always wore makeup, but with the foundation off it was obvious.
A greenish bruise was under her left eye. "Will, what's wrong?" Alicia asked.
"Where did you get this?" Will asked, touching the spot on her face gently.
"Will, I'm so sorry. Please don't be mad at me," Alicia whispered in a panicked tone. It's almost as if she thought he was going to hit her.
"Alicia, calm down. Just tell me how you got this," Will said, wrapping his arms around her shoulders.
"It was Dave. You remember him. He works in Narcotics and was Daddy's choice of boyfriend. He hit me a few days ago," Alicia said, bursting into tears. Will hugged her tightly, trying to control the anger he felt inside. Dave had struck Alicia and made her afraid of Will. Will looked up as his family came into the room, looking concerned at Alicia who was sobbing uncontrollably into his chest.
"Alicia, what's wrong?" Mama asked, touching Alicia's shoulder gently.
Alicia looked at Will, the look on her face uncertain. "Go ahead, Baby. Tell them. We want to help you with this," Will said.
Alicia sighed knowing that she had to tell all of them and she didn't want to afraid it would put them all in danger.
When her dad and Dave were angry, no one wanted to be around them. And her dad would be furious once she told him about
the engagement to Will, and he would send Dave out to bring Alicia back. Her own father wouldn't approve of her leaving her job
to marry Will. He would think she had lost her mind. But Will was right, both her and Will were practically adults now.
She had to start standing up for herself and not let her dad, or Dave walk all over her. And if she had to, she'd get help
doing it.
Alicia looked at them with tear filled eyes and tried to wipe them away. "My dad and my CSI partner are horrible people.
My dad for most of my life has told me what I should do as his daughter. And He's also told me who he thinks I should date.
Dad never approved of Will and Me dating. He always said that Will reminded him of trailer trash because he lived in a trailer.
I told him that Will is the best thing that ever happened to me. He treated me like a lady should be treated, and Will was
never abusive like him and Dave was. I also said that Will never pushed anyone around. So of course when Will left, Daddy
assigned me a new CSI partner named Dave. Daddy thought me and Will were no longer dating so he brings in Dave to
take his place and says I should date him. Even Dave told me I should date him if I knew what was good for me. I told him
I refuse to date him because I'm in love with Will. That's when he hit me three times. Once in the eye, and I have a nasty
bruise on my stomach from where he tried kicking me several times".
Alicia stopped talking and looked at everyone in the room. Lori, Luke, and the others all had a look of shock and anger on
all of their faces. But they weren't angry at Alicia. They were angry at her father and angry at Dave. Will grew even more
angry once he found out Alicia had been kicked around to. No one was ever suppose to treat women like this! He held her closer.
Lori hugged Alicia too. "Oh honey, that was terrible! You don't deserve to be treated this way!" she looked at Luke and
Will and the others wondering what they were going to do if Dave and Alicia's dad decided to visit them.
