While I Was Gone
Prologue
Mark Greene heard a knock at his door. It was 1:55am and Elizabeth was not due home for another five hours. He stumbled to the front door still half asleep when it occurred to him that Elizabeth would have a key anyway, Mark was a little worried, What if something has happened to Elizabeth he thought.
When he got to the door and looked through the peephole he got the shock of his life.
He recognised her straight away, Her dark blonde hair fell to her shoulders, her green eyes, her cute little nose and those beautiful lips, so full and soft.
But when he looked again he was possibly even more shocked than the first time. There were tears running down her cheeks and her left eye was bruised and swollen, She had several bruises on her neck and the rest of her face. He looked down and saw a cast on her left arm. He immediately recognised her injuries as signs of physical abuse, he wanted to kill the person who had done this to her.
He opened the door and managed to whisper "Susan".