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"I'll be at my brothers house for a while Val, My cell might not work out there though so don't try calling"

I stood there, a blank expression written on my face. How could the man I was looking at now be the man I had loved for so many years, how could he be the same man who had laid hands on her. A tear fell as she reached up brushing the purple bruise underneath her eye. He approached her placing the same false kiss on her forehead and once agin on her bruised eye. His breath having the faintest smell of Hennesy. She closed her eyes counting his steps he took back towards the front door. Those were the steps he took away from their marriage, away from her life.

"When will you be back Levi?" she asked, her voice full of concern and fear.

"I told you Val, I didn't mean to hit you, you just got in the way." He paused exhaling. "I'll be back in a few days" He said slamming the door behind him.

She stood there looking at the front door, listening to his car engine start and peel off towards the road. Pulling her tan sweater around her she laid on the couch. Her phone vibrated on the side table and she picked it up.

Coffee? She sighed, it wasn't the time for laughs and catching up, especially with a fresh black eye.

If I say no, they'll ask questions She sighed and replied back.

Yeah, What time?