Grey Roses

You Are The Reason

Prologue

Her heart was beating out of her chest as she hurried to double lock her front door. He called and said he'd be on his way and that made her mind run a mile a minute. What would he try to do now? She thought as she looked around at her almost packed apartment.... if he finds out I'm trying to leave I'm sure I'll be dead she said to herself.

Na'mori was a beautiful brown skin woman, she was smart, ambitious, and loved to achieve her goals. She also had a smile that could charm the pants off of any guy. But yet she seemed to charm nothing but snakes.

Standing in her dark living room with only the moonlight flashing through the window she looked at her small framed shadow. It had to be about 2:00 in the morning, her hair was a fuzzy mess, she had sleep in her eyes and all she wore was her black silk robe. Na'mori stood there contemplating on if she should call the police or not. She wasn't the type that liked to draw attention to herself she didn't want the whole neighborhood in her business although she knows they had to have heard the screams that came out of the thin walls of her apartment more than twice a week. Deciding against it she turned on her heels and headed to her bedroom to grab her phone just in case she needed it this time.

BAM! BAM! BAM! Sounded at her bedroom window startling her and making her cell phone fly out of her hands. She looked at her window with nothing but fear in her eyes ... there he stood although all she could see was a shadow she knew that it belonged to none other than Silas Jackson.

"Na'mori! Open the door!" He yelled through the window. Standing there afraid and not knowing what to do she didn't respond. "Na'mori open the fucking door now!" He yelled knocking on the window again this time even harder.  She walked over towards the window "GO AWAY SILAS PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE" she yelled out in a shaky voice. "Open the door I just want to talk to you" he yelled to her. She knew all too well that he didn't want to talk he wanted to use her as his weekly punching bag only that's not what she feared at the moment. "SILAS JUST STOP ... IM LEAVING I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE" she cried out more to herself.  "YOU WHAT " ?! Silas yelled back to her.  "IM LEAVING I CANT BE YOUR PUNCHING BAG ANYMORE"  she yelled to him. She waited for his response but a second went by then 5 then10 his shadow disappears from the window. Her breathing became shaky as she stood in the middle of her dark room. Running her fingers through her messy curls "is he leaving"? She thought to herself. She walks slowly over to the window to see if he really left ......... CRASH! Is all she heard as she felt pieces of glass flying around her room. Protecting her face with her arms Na'mori screamed not knowing what would happen next.

Silas stood at a solid height 6ft 7in 280 pounds of pure muscle. She looked up into his dark hooded eyes he looked like he was ready to kill and that made her body shiver.  "Na'mori you aren't leaving me I'd kill you before I let you walk away from me" he growled at her. "I-I-I-I I can't take this any more Silas please just let me leave ... if you love me like you said you do then just let me go" she cried out to him.  That only made him, even more, angrier he couldn't bear the thought of losing her, she belonged to him and only him and he wasn't going to let her walk away. Na'mori felt her body being snatched up and thrown onto her bed. "Silas please" she begged as she felt his hands start to unravel the silk rope that held her robe together. "Shut up bitch" he growled at her as he slapped her.  With tears rolling down her face and the fire stinging sensation on her cheek all she could think was why didn't she just call the police. He started to roughly plant kisses on her neck. " You belong to me Na'mori" he whispered in her ear. He slowly made his way to her now exposed breast but before he could make his next move she bites his shoulder and knees him the crotch. "FUCKKK" he yells out as he rolls over on the bed holding his private area. Seeing that he's distracted Na'mori jumps off the bed and runs towards the last place she had her phone. With no lights, she has no choice but to crawl around on her bedroom floor hoping to come across her cellphone. She feels around on the floor "Shit" she hisses out. A piece of glass from the window cuts her hand and now distracted by her new injury she doesn't realize that Silas is making his way over to her. She then feels strong hands wrap around her throat. Now being choked she tries to pry his hands away from her throat.  The blood from her cut making it impossible to have a firm grip and he began to squeeze tighter and tighter.  "Si-i-ilas iii " was all she was able to get out.

" I told you... you belong to me and if I can't have you then... "FREEZE! PUT  YOUR HANDS UP NOW" is the last thing Na'mori heard before she lost consciousness.