Chapter 65

Stephanie

Now that I was free of that nightmare … I couldn’t hold back the emotions that we chocking me, I waited in the underground car park of our home for 20 minutes as I cried my eyes out. The problem was the concrete walls looked the same as … my body ached, I felt sore between my thighs, my breast had finally stopped bleeding. There was a faint bruise on my neck not to mention all the hickies he had left on my skin, as if the memory wasn’t enough, I needed the visual reminder of the events of tonight too.

If Jake saw me like this, he would flip out, feel guilty I had already seen many messages and missed calls from him, especially as he could see that I was now home. I just wasn’t ready to face him yet. I looked in the car view mirror wiping my tears away as I assessed the damage.

My face was red and blotchy from the crying, then there was all the bruises and blood covering me. There were some wet wipes in the glove compartment, I used that to wipe away the mix between Joe and m