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Paul sat there patiently listening while I explained how after a night of drinking, and drugging Jamie took the kids, in the car. I told him that is when I decided tha,t for the health and safety of the kids, I had to take custody. I sighed, "it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do; Jamie was the one person I always protected and stood up for. Mike always said no matter what Jamie did wrong I would not see it, and I shocked everyone, including myself, when I made this decision." I had tears in my eyes "When the judge announced I had custody, Jamie burst into tears. I really thought after that he would change, but no. He got worse, became more addicted and more difficult to handle. When I got fed up, I made another extremely hard decision, i moved here." I stopped to look at Paul "does he know where you are" Paul asked. I shook my head, no, "I just told him I was moving I know it is driving him crazy. As much as I love him, I have to put them two little angels first." I told him how when my mom goes home she is going to fill out the paperwork for custody of Nick and Nate, my two boys, over too me. We talked about the kids, how he always wanted to have a lot of kids, and how boring his childhood was as an only child.
Before I started telling him about Damien I took a deep breath, I was so nervous, not only about how he would react but of my own reaction. He noticed my stalling, my behavior and attitude changes "hey, I know we just met, but you can tell me anything." I smiled at him "thanks, and thank you," I took another breath. "This part is just hard, in high school I met this guy, who I fell in love with. His name was Damien, he was the sweetest guy at first, but after a while he started trying to control me. I was not going to be told what to do, I was already second in command, I was used to giving orders not taking them. When I would not bend to his will, or obey he started to hit me. The pain and bruising never lasted long, since I heal fast, that just made him even angrier. All too soon the beatings became boring for him ,he started locking me in the closet after each beating. It started out with it being just a couple of minutes. He would feed me two slices of bread, a glass of milk, and a glass of water three times a day." I could feel Paul shaking and could hear is low growls. I looked into his eyes I tried to smile but it came out like a grimace. "Paul, calm down, it was from the past. I know I am safe now between having my family here and now having you." He kind of smiled back and started calming down as I rubbed his legs. "Sorry, I just hate..." I stopped him "I know, I don't want you to blame yourself, what that jerk did is all on him." We both took some deep breaths and just sat in silence while we both calmed down.
After a while I took one more breath before saying. "there's more are you calm enough to hear it." He nodded "go on, I will try not to become upset." I smiled then said "that's all I can ask for. Well, when he thought the closet time, and beatings where not teaching me, he started to cut me too. He started with just small nicks on my upper arms, back and on thighs. After so many beatings, and cuttings my body could not keep up with the healing. The cutting got worse, over time. It got to the point where he would cut to the bone. He told me all the time I was useless, and deserved it and I stupidly believed him, for so long. Then one night, after the worst 'punishment' he ever dished out, I waited till he went to work, then broke out of the closet. I left everything, ran into the wooded area around my house. I ran as deep as I could into the park as possible, but soon I collapsed from blood loss. That is when Eddie and Jazz found me. They ran all the way home taking me to pops so he could fix me up. They helped me heal, and in the process I became family." By the time I ended I was sobbing, and cradled in his arms. I was the one now shaking while he rubbed my back and whispered, "please calm down, you are safe, he will not harm you." I cried for a while longer before pulling back, looking into his beautiful eyes. He also had tears in his; he wiped my tears away, then his own. I was going to tell him about Damien being put in jail and getting out recently, but I was too exhausted. I laid my head on his chest and fell fast asleep.
I could hear my daughter screaming "What did you to my mom, what is wrong with my mom." I was so tired I could not open my eyes. "Pam, right" PauI asked she must have answered by shaking her head "your moms fine." "You are lying, you hurt her" I could hear her sobbing, "Uncle Jazz, come beat him up." I heard Mike laugh and Jazz say "Pam, listen your mom's fine." 'Eddie, tell her I'm fine then have Paul take me and the kids back to the cottage,' he chuckled 'if you don't care, that is.' I could tell he was smiling "Pam, come here" I heard her walk to him "your mom told me, to tell you she's fine, and that you and your brother are to go back to the cottage. That way you guys can curl up on the bed and sleep, ok." Next I heard Nessie ask "me to" I knew Eddie would say no so before he had a chance 'Eddie, tell her yes and that's and order' I heard him growl. "She says yes" he almost whined. Mei Mei laughed "son, you sound like a tow year old." "Mom, she does not play fair" he was still whining "when she wants something done her way she sets it as an order." Pop's chuckled, "well maybe I need to take training if it works that good." I must have had enough because the next thing I knew I was in bed with all three kids lying around me like this morning. I looked at the clock and it was only five in the morning so I closed my eyes and fell back to sleep.