One Thousand Miles

One Thousand Miles: Part One

One Thousand Miles

Chapter  |  One Thousand Miles

Part  |  One

It was finally over, the end of my abusive relationship with John. Well we have to go to court and finalize the divorce and of course the custody battle, which I knew would be ugly. I tried not to think about it and sometimes it was easy not to, but every time I heard the sound of my baby's laughter I could just feel the gears starting to turn in my head. They were going to be working overtime for a while...

The morning after I got in contact with my father about divorcing John I confessed to John. He had got himself a hotel room and stayed there for the night. Well it took some time before I finally convinced him to let me stay the night in the hospital. Right after I got off the phone with my father he came into the room and told me we were leaving to go to the hotel.

"No," I say so quietly I'm surprised he even heard me.

I peek up at him and notice the angry beast fighting to be free, but I could tell that John was trying to keep his cool and control his anger by how calm he sounded when he spoke. "Stephanie, baby please don't make this so complicated. I'm sure you'd rather sleep on a king sized bed in the penthouse suite rather than a single sized bed in a hospital. Plus you wouldn't have to sleep in your clothes; I managed to get your stuff out that ladies car so you'll be able to change into a gown or something."

 A gown? All of my gowns were lace and see-through and gifts from John just for his pleasure. Back at home when he was in his good moods after work he'd ask me to change into one of the gowns or some other lingerie before asking me to strip for him. It was embarrassing, but I knew I had to do what he said or else he'd beat me black and blue.

I sighed and lifted my head before shrugging my shoulders at him. "I don't care John; I just want to stay here. I...I don't want to leave Cameron here alone. If I did I wouldn't even be able to sleep at night knowing that he was here all by himself."

He breathed out through his nose and placed his hand over his mouth. "Stephanie, just come with me and we'll come right back in the morning. He's just a baby; he won't know that you're gone. Come on we'll go to the hotel, wash up a bit, and head to sleep. That's all we're doing."

I stared at him for a moment and let his words digest before letting the fear run through my body. Even though he made it seem like the night at the hotel would be harmless, I could tell just by the tone of his voice that he would be anything but. If I went with him tonight I would return the next day with bruises all over my body and maybe a pair of sunglasses covering my eyes. He'd probably do some...other things to me too.

I was just about to open my mouth and tell him no again when Dr. Waters enters the room once again. She looks a little shocked to see John, but then she quickly turns and gives me a look. She was probably wondering if I told John about the divorce yet...

After Dr. Waters gave me a few blankets to keep warm during the night, that's when John decided to just leave and not cause a scene. Once I was alone in my room I cried at how terrible my marriage had turned out and how close I had come to being beat and raped again.

The next day when John came to get both Cameron and I, I told him that I wasn't leaving with him and that I was done being his punching bag. He was confused at first, but that's when I broke the news to him that I was divorcing him. He shockingly didn't make a scene, but he did look shocked. There were very few moments that John was shocked or surprised, normally he knew when something was going to happen but not this time...