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It was a normal day when it happened, the sun was shining, the sound of children's laughter and screaming in the parks echoed throughout the neighbourhood as the others were going about their day with absolutely no care in the world. They had no idea what was going on in the house just down the street. It was an average looking house after all. You wouldn't even look twice at it so no one did when the life of an innocent soul left the world leaving her young daughter behind, alone with the abusive animal she once called her lover.
Anastasia Williams had ran the small distance from where she had hastily parked her car to what had once been her home with her heart in her throat. She didn't know why he had did what he did, God, if only she had been earlier than her little angel wouldn't be with him now, alone. She was beyond scared as she ran faster, the fear for her child fuelling her body to go forward despite how tired she was after her long day. If she hadn't had her late shift, she trailed off in her thinking as she shook her head, tears burning at the back of her eyes, but what could she have done, the life of a kid had been in her hands, she couldn't just leave until the child was stable.
She was the best at her job and the child had been in critical condition so they had asked her help, otherwise they could have lost the child and she didn't want anyone to feel the loss of a child the way she had. She had to step in despite how terrified she was of the upcoming argument with her boyfriend and after 2 long hours she managed to save the boy, she felt beyond happy when the child's parents expressed their gratitude to her but when they had stepped to hug her, she had violently flinched away from their arms. She swallowed as she looked into their concerned expressions before she quickly fled from the room, threw herself in the car and laid her head on the steering wheel trying to control her shaky breaths. She squeezed her eyes shut as she took a few deep breaths before she managed to compose herself and drive to her little angel's nursery but she felt her heart stop when the teacher, who normally was there with her child whenever she had a late shift, told her that her boyfriend arrived and took her instead. She ran as if the hounds of hell were chasing her towards her car and drove as fast as she could, she knew that she would be charged tickets for speeding and running a red light, twice, but her child's safety was worth the extra money as well as the extra beating but she was used to it, her child wasn't and she never would be. She'd protected her every day since she was born as she refused to lose another child because of him.
She wouldn't even be with him if he hadn't threatened her, and what was more terrifying was that they weren't false threats either, he knew their addresses, their bank details, the location of their job, their entire schedule and basically everything there is to know about them. How he had gotten all of that she doesn't know but she thinks it may have something to do with the multiple connections that owed him favours.
After she had been ready to leave him after the first beating he ever did, he had used her love for her friends and her slight care for her absent father against her and she had had no choice but to stay with him. God, she hated him, despised him even, but she had to act the perfect lovey-dovey couple in front of her friends, despite how much every kiss made her nauseous and every touch made her want to say hell with it and tell someone everything but she couldn't and they both knew that.
She shook off her thoughts as she realised she was close to her house so she sloppily parked the car in a random place before she jumped out and ran the few blocks to her house, forgetting to lock her car in her haste. She ran towards her door as she pulled her keys out and inserted it within the lock turning it and scrambling through the door, accidentally leaving the door open with the key still inside. As soon as she entered, she heard the shouting, the yells she had been used to for the past nearly two years, but that's not what scared her, it was the terrified scream of a young girl, her little angel. She ran towards where the scream was coming from and ripped open the door of her little girl's room and saw a sight she never wanted to see. He held her little baby by the throat as he slapped her continuously, as if driven by some animal, there was blood pouring out her lip, bruises forming on her little face as she turned blue from lack of oxygen. Anastasia didn't know what took a hold of her but at the sight of her baby hurt, it was as if she couldn't control herself, she walked forwards with determined steps and ripped him off of her, standing in front of her protectively. She heard her little angel's choking breaths as she breathed in, a sound she's heard all too regularly from her own lips but never wanted to hear from her and no matter how much she wanted to hold her child and soothe her, she had to make sure she was safe first.
"What the f?£$& do you think you're doing, you bitch! I was teaching that little wretch a lesson!" James screamed at her as he walked right up to her, ready to beat some sense into that thick skull of hers. How dare she lay a hand on him, she was going to pay dearly for this, she knew better than to test him.
"Stay away from my daughter you bastard!" Anastasia shouted at him, her normally dead eyes lighting up in her fury. She pushed him away from her until they were both out the room and she locked the door from the outside trying to ignore the screaming of her little girl as she banged on the door repeatedly as she sobbed and screamed, "Mommy! Mommy pwease! I'm scared! Mommy!"
"Don't worry baby... I'm here, j-just go under... the cot and-and... cover your ears... ok?" Anastasia asked as she took every swing from him, not letting him through the door to her baby despite how much each punch hurt, her tired body not being able to take it causing her to sag against the door.
"But mommy I want you!" The little girl sobbed as she banged the door repeatedly. She heard the sounds from outside and despite how young she was, she knew what was happening, it happened so many times after all but this time she was hurt and she wanted her mommy. Mommy always makes it better, she always gives kisses to wherever she hurt and she wanted to do the same for mommy so mommy feel better.
"Baby... please just... d-do what mummy... says ok?" Anastasia asked with laboured breathing, yep, definitely broken ribs, she wondered if it would puncture her lung this time.
"Ok mommy! I wuv you!" Her little girl's shaky voice squeaked and she immediately wanted to comfort her in her fear but right now she didn't think she could even get up so she just laid there as she listened to her baby's padded footsteps walk away from the door. She felt herself getting lightheaded and she didn't even notice when James made his way downstairs to the kitchen and driven by his anger, he picked up what he was looking for before walking back upstairs.
Anastasia was trying in vain to get up but the bruises and most likely multiple broken bones were not exactly helping and her definite black eye wasn't letting her see clearly at all. However when the abusive asshole she used to call her boyfriend came towards her carrying what she knew to be a knife in his hand, she tried in vain to scramble backwards but as she refused to leave the door, in case he tries to hurt her little angel, she had no where to go. His triumphant face was the last thing she saw before she felt pain like nothing she's ever felt before erupt in her abdomen, she knew her face betrayed her shock as his smirk widened. She couldn't believe she used to think him handsome because right now, he was the ugliest man she's ever seen with his face twisted in malice. She felt herself choke on something and as she spat it out not caring that it was on him, though she earned a slap for it, she realised that it was blood, her blood, and then she began choking, she couldn't breathe since every time she tried, she felt as if a razor was being dragged through her insides and it was taking everything in her not to scream, she didn't want to scare her baby, she was already terrified enough as it is. Speaking of her baby, she suddenly realised that with her gone, her baby was now alone and unable to do anything if the monster before her chose to hurt her so she fought with everything she had as the black spots entered her vision but before long, her weak body succumbed to the darkness.