Life After Marriage Book 3

Chance to Save

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Amber POV--

"Muah.Muah.Muah." August annoyingly kissed my cheek, while I was trying to sleep.

It was Saturday, my only damn day off and him and his son were wrecking my nerve.

"Muah. Muah. Muah." Auggie mocked his father kissing my forehead.

"Stop y'all." I shooed them away like flies.

"Muah.Muah.Muah." August chomped my neck, like a pacman.

"Muah. Muah. Muah." Auggie chomped my ear, like a pacman.

"I'm not gon tell y'all no more. Gone!" I pushed them off of me and turned over on the other side.

"Muah. Muah.Muah." August chomped the other side of my neck.

"Muah. Muah. Muah." Auggie chomped my other ear, laughing wildly.

I stared at both of them. They looked at me with innocent faces, grinning.

"Muah." Big August pecked my lips.

"Muah." Lil Aug copied his father.

"Together. One big sloppy wet one." Big Aug urged A3. They both left sloppy wet kisses on my cheek.

"I am going to kill y'all. I get one day of rest and you choose to annoy me." I smoothed my now disheleved hair back. And looked at the clock, which blinked ten.

"We cooked you breakfast mommy."

"I'm not hungry Auggie. But thanks."

"Woman the way we slaved in the kitchen you better eat this." August handed me a tray with a huge bowl of Rice Krispies. Auggie handed me a spoon.

"Tell her what it is Auggie." Big Aug nudged him.

"Go-may."

"Gourmet. Right. Eat all of this Gourmet cereal."

"August." I eyed Big Aug.

"What?" He played stupid.

"Take Auggie and y'all go do something please. I'm tired." I rubbed my eyes.

"It's your only day off, we want to spend it with you." Lil Aug whined.

I sighed. I wanted to throw them both in the river somewhere. Not permnanetly. Just so I could get some rest. Then scoop them back up when I was awake.

Big Aug poked his lip out like a baby. "Come on Auggie. Sad face." He patted Auggie on the back.

Auggie put on an immediate sad face. I rolled my eyes and laughed. "You guys are crazy. Ahhhh..." I let out a mini scream.

"What do you want do?" I asked them.

"Whatever you want to baybeh." Aug said in nola accent and laid on my chest.

"Whatever you won't bay-buh." auggie giggled and repeated to himself mocking big Aug, laying on my pillow with his head next to mine.

"A3 it's baybeh." Aug tried to get him to say it correctly.

"Bay-buh." he tickled himself pink. Kicking his legs in laughter.

"That's funny. Whatever you wont bay-buh." auggie laughed so hard he started coughing.

"That's cracking you right up ain't it Auggie?" I looked at his now red skin.

"Bay-buh." he giggled. "Bay-buh." He kept saying and laughing to himself.

"Auggie shut up." I laughed at how hilarious he thought it was.

I guess I was spending my day with these idiots seeing as my mother took Sata and O, too visit his mom, then they were going to the movies.

Lawd help me! 😩

Monday At Work

"So this girl. Repeatedly calls the police. Yet when we bring her in for questioning, she denies ever doing it. She does this once a month at least. Sometimes more."

Omari sat in the chair across from me, then scooted the file across my desk.

"What's her name?"

"Antigone. Like the Greek myth."

"Age?"

"18."

"Oh my God. That's so young."

"I know. She obviously wants help she constantly calls the police but, she chickens out when she gets down here."

"How old is the boyfriend?"

"30."

"What? 30. Why is he with an 18 year old?"

"Easier to control. Being young and impressionable. The older man provides the material things. He gets in her head to do whatever he says to keep it."

"They live together?"

"Yup. And when she's not with him she's homeless. She's been a runaway since 14. He found her. Took care of her. "

"This is so unfortunate."

"Not much we can do for her unless she becomes brave and tells us something. Press charges. But she never does. Gotta feeling one day he's going to kill her if she keeps this up. If I was you I wouldn't get too attached. In this line of work, you can only help those who are brave enough to help themselves." He said rather insensitive.

I would think he would know it wasn't that cut in dry. If these women tell they could lose their lives. There are all sorts of factors. It is not sheer stupidity as people would have it, why victims stay.

"She'll be here in five minutes. If she doesn't press charges, the boyfriend goes. Good luck." He shrugged and walked out.

My hands started trembling. Shit had gotten real. This was the work I had signed up to do. Help women and men who are victims of domestic violence and I had one shot to save this girl.

My baby felt the pressure too, because it kicked like "mommy get your head right."

I bowed my head said a silent prayer and waited for those long five minutes to pass.

A knock on my door, damn near shook me out my body.

"C...come in." I hardly got the words out.

A beautiful eighteen year old girl walked through my door. Her hair was down and I saw she had make up on her face. Probably covering up the wounds.

"Hi Antigone, I'm Amber." I got up to shake her hand.

"It's Tiggy." She sat down ignoring my hand.

"Oh okay Tiggy." I sat back down. "Either way it's a wonderful name. Antigone was a Greek mythological character you know that? She was known for her character and doing what is right. Even if it meant harm to herself. powerful name."

"Trey ain't do nothing. So let him out." She said over talking me.

"Why did you call the police then dear?"

"I'on't know. "

"You don't know?"

"No. Are we done? I just want Trey out."

"Tiggy if we let him out he's going to do what he did to you again and it could be worse."

"I'm finished." She got up.

"Tiggy." I wasted my water all over my dress trying to get her to stay.

By this time she had gone. My only chance to save her could very well be gone.

Damn.

This book is about to get real. Just warning y'all. Pray y'all favs make it!!!!