TWD~ The day it happened ~ Carol
Carol
Hey guys,
Here is another one; I will be trying to keep the language to a minimum! I need more reviews, I only have 2 so far and they are from the same person! Lol! Have fun reading, enjoy
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Carol's POV
I wake up around 5 o'clock, to my horrible husband stumbling in from the bar, drunk of course, obviously he had cheated, his shirt was on backwards and his pants unbuttoned. I go to the door, so he won't wake up Sophia. I help him into the bathroom and change his clothes, as he calls me names, telling me how worthless I am. When he is changed I head into the bedroom, getting him into the bed. He starts hitting me earlier than usual. By 6:30 he has me cornered into the wall beating me; he got his belt out and was slapping me with it. Sophia knocks on the door; Ed goes to the door slamming it open.
"You really want to come in little brat? You wanna join in on the fun ya little idiot!" Ed yells shoving her a little; I try my best to get to her. But the beating was longer and harder than usual. I am more sore and my bruises burn. She rushes to her room like I always tell her to. Locking the door, going into the closet and climbed to the top shelf curling up, and covering her self behind stuff. Ed turns his wrath to me and is hitting me once again.
"Ok, I am going to take a shower, I don't care about you enough to continue, we will continue this later." Ed yells in a disgusted voice.
He gets in the shower. I go get Sophia, helping her get out of the closet. She gets dressed hurriedly; I braid her hair while she is tying her shoes. I get her bag packed while she stuffs some cheerios in her mouth. We have to hurry or else Ed might go for round 2 when Sophia is still here. When I get back if he is still here I will have h*ll to pay. Some times he takes a day off just to beat me, then I can barely pick Sophia up from school. She is done eating so we get into the station wagon heading to the school. I give her some money for lunch at school. The only money I get is from my small and secret job at the clothing store down town, if Ed knew about it he would get upset. He gives us about 20-25 dollars a week from his paycheck so 'me and the girl can eat'. He was a nice man, used to be then we got married and he started beating me, I got pregnant once and he said he was sorry and that he would be good from now on and treat me and the baby right. We lost the baby one night, and then he said it was my fault and went back to beating me again. I got pregnant with Sophia and he stopped until she was born. Then it went back to the same old thing. I never wanted to get pregnant again, I used birth control. I wanted more children badly, but I wasn't going to use them to stop the beating for nine months so they could live this horrible lifestyle for their lives. Sophia gets beat sometimes, only when I am passed out so I can't stop him or make him mad so he will get distracted while she hides. I pull up to the schools drop off area,
"Have fun Honey, have a wonderful day," I pull her in for a hug
"I am sorry that you have to live with him, I will get us out of this mess someday, ok honey?"
"I know momma, I know, its ok, it's not your fault," She hugs me then goes into the building. I head home, to Ed gone, thank goodness. I watch the news then fall asleep, resting while I can. A news alert comes on the cheap TV we have.
"There is an unknown virus spreading, the dead are coming back. If you get bit by seemingly a zombie, who was once obviously a person, you will die and come back as one. The only thing that will kill them is a shot or knife some sort of fracture to the brain. There will be a safety group in Atlanta. Be careful and take immediate precaution, there is no cure, if you or someone else is bit, you can not be saved yet, the CDC is working on a cure." The power goes off, cutting the news report off. I pack a bag for me, along with all the money I have. I pack Sophia's clothes, her favorite blanket and stuffed animal and a picture of her when she was a baby and me and her and her aunt at the lake when Ed was away for work for a week. Then I sadly pack a bag for Ed knowing I will see him again. I rush to the school and go to the office hoping I can get Sophia and run, so I will not have to get Ed. But when I walk into the office, Ed is sitting there with Sophia seemingly waiting for me. He grips her shoulder hard and she is almost in tears from the pain and probably from being scared. I am instantly mad and decide that I won't be afraid of him, not until I get my baby to safety. I grab her hand and pull her along with him trailing behind. We get in the station wagon.
"Thought you could leave me behind huh woman?" Ed says nastily, I ignore him
"Sweetie, get your seatbelt on."
"Answer me woman, thought you could leave me behind?" Ed yells
I keep driving; he screams it into my ear as loud as he can
"YES ED! D*mn it! I did think I could leave you behind! I didn't want you! I wanted to leave your sorry excuse of a man behind! To die, Ed! I don't care about you any more! I used to love you but when we got married, you changed, your evil! Just to let you know, you think I am worthless; I have a point in this world, to raise my wonderful daughter to be nothing like you! While you sit here and beat your wife and child! You are the worthless one Ed!" I scream back at him, knowing I will pay for it later, but not caring
He is dead silent for the rest of the car ride to Atlanta. But the fury in his eyes tell me everything, when it is the right time for him to strike he will murder me. But I won't let him hurt my daughter.
I think I wrote this chapter pretty well. I liked making Carol stand up to Ed. I know that is probably what her character wouldn't do but, she was angry that he was hurting her, she finally snapped. What did you guys think? Review or PM me please, Thank you!
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