Sam stirred slightly in her sleep when the alarm clock beside her bed awoke her. She groaned slightly as she woke up rubbing the remainder of sleep from her eyes as she stretched before heading into the bathroom for a shower and it was then she noticed the bruising on her cheek.
She stared at the bruising of her cheek, it was deep purple, she shuddered as the events of the night before came back to her.
She didn't think for one spilt second that actually Ben was capable of hitting her, he wasn't the sort that lost his temper and he certainly wasn't the type to have a temper but as the night before came back to her she shuddered again, she knew she had to cover up this bruising otherwise her colleagues or rather Fletch would start asking questions and she didn't want that, she could handle it herself
She felt a slight tear fall down her cheek as she remembered the night before, she thought Ben loved her, she thought he wouldn't do such a thing because he was always telling her that he loved her.
So why on earth did he hit her like he did? Maybe it was a one off maybe he hadn't done it intentionally but the bruising on her cheek told a very different story.
She remembered after Ben had hit her she had packed a bag and ran as fast as her legs would carry her out the door, she spent the night back at her flat. The flat she hadn't yet put up for sale and thank goodness she hadn't otherwise she would have had no where else to go,
The flat that she hadn't stayed I for months as she had moved in with Ben, as she turned on the shower she slipped out of her clothes and let the warm water ease her tensed muscles
As the water soothed her tense muscles her thoughts began to wonder, the events of the night before were still swirling around in her mind.
It wasn't like her and Ben to argue that was something extremely rare that happened in they're relationship. There was hardly any arguments and the very first one ended with him hiring her.
She thought she could trust Ben, she thought that he wouldn't hurt her, that they were good together but after the events of the night before she wasn't so sure,
After showering and getting changed for work, she placed some foundation on not a lot just enough to hide the bruising, she prayed to dear god that nobody would notice that she was wearing a bit more than usual before she left her flat and headed to work, trying to put the events of the night before behind her, bringing her problems into work wasn't going to do her any favours.