Past

...The sharp tug on her arm made her scream, as tears and fear coursed through her body, Mark cursed thickly, his words slightly slurred by the alcohol.

"Look what you provoked" the man growled, pulling at her hair now, her scalp burning from the strong tension, her head throbbing from the first blow yet, as she cried in an attempt to wriggle out of the man's grasp.

"I-I'm sorry" she cried, desperate "It was an accident" she insisted, seeing the fire in the man's blue-gray eyes

"You better feel it" Mark spat, pointing to the mess on the floor, she had been trying to figure out how to convince the man to take her to the mall, she was starting to miss the bustle of people around her, and was still trying to make up for it. disaster of their anniversary dinner, she was a terrible cook so that was really to be expected, but she had thought serving him while he worked had been a good idea, instead she had tripped over a couple of wires running across the main room , dropping the beer on th