Her Saving Grace #3

Greetings steemians!

The third episode of her saving Grace is out.
You can read up on the first episode here and the second episode here

The story so far.....
....Daniel, unsettled that his assistant Mary has been absent from work for two days without explanation pays an unexpected visit to her fiance's home to discover her injured and unwell in bed. He's got unanswered questions but first, she needs treatment...

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Mary was released three days later from the hospital and without questions, Daniel drove her straight to his place. There was no way he was allowing her go back to Ken, not after the things he'd done to her and definitely not when he planned to make his move having been unexpectedly granted this opportunity.

With Stacey's help he'd gotten Mary to tell them the truth about what had really happened. They'd both been shocked at the revelations.

No one who knew Mary with her constant smile and chatter would ever have believed her to be a victim of domestic violence. Unfortunately it turned out that she was.

According to her, Ken was very hot tempered and he took offence at little provocation. Normally he hit her where it wasn't visible to anyone and whenever he calmed down​ or she threatened to leave, he'd tear up, apologize and beg her not to leave him. He'd promise to change for the better and for the next few weeks, they'd live together happily.

Unfortunately, on this particular day, he'd come back from work very angry and accusing her of cheating on him. She'd immediately denied it and tried to calm him down to listen to her. When she discovered he wasn't ready to listen to reason, she'd walked away from the argument. That had only angered him more.

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He'd dragged her back by the neck of her blouse and hit her hard across the face. Realising she was in danger of being seriously injured, she'd run into the bedroom, locked the door and packed her bags. By the time she came out, he had calmed down a little and begged her to stay so they could work things out.

She'd refused and he'd flared up again. He'd tried to take her bags from her but she'd resisted. Amidst the struggle, she'd found herself at the bottom of the stairs. She didn't know if he'd pushed her or she'd slipped and fallen.

He'd carried her up to the room and administered first aid. He'd ceased her phone and had kept her locked in whenever he'd had to go out.

Remembering her story, Daniel's grip tightened on the wheel. He forced himself to relax it so he wouldn't scare her. She had received enough scare for a lifetime. He definitely still had a score to settle with Ken. He'd taken pictures at the hospital of Mary's bartered body. Ken was definitely going to pay for his actions.

..........Stay tuned for the final episode of Her Saving Grace

Original work authored by
@bennyjay