MONROE
Gasping for a breath of air, Monroe sat up in
bed and screwed her eyes
shut. It was just a dream, she kept telling herself.
But it wasn’t. It had actually happened to her, and she woke up every
night from the nightmare. It changed all the time, but they were all things
that Jared had done to her.
She laid back down in bed and turned to her side, hugging the blanket to
her chest. Even with the soft onesie engulfing her body and the comfort of
the weighted blanket, Monroe found herself unable to fall back asleep.
When this normally happened, she would go get a drink of water or
warm milk, but she wasn’t at her house. She didn’t want to walk downstairs
and rummage through Michael’s refrigerator and get into trouble.
Would he get mad at her if she went through his fridge to find
something to drink? He had told her before she went to bed that she could
get him for anything, but she didn’t want to knock on his door and make
him angry.
Jared had always gotten angry when he was woken up from his sleep.
Those were some of the worst beatings she’d ever received. A shiver ran
through her body as she remembered the last time she’d woken him up.
The beating had lasted for over twenty minutes. Jared just constantly
kicked her ribs, legs, arms, and landed punches on her. She wasn’t able to walk for several days after that, too sore and in so much pain.
The first time she’d woken Jared up was when she’d needed to get food
for dinner and needed money. Big mistake. She learned from then on not to
wake him up. Though, it was hard when he was a light sleeper and walking
past him to go clean would wake him up.
It was like he tried to be half asleep and be woken up by Monroe so he
could beat her. Granted, he didn’t need a reason to beat her. He did it
whenever he wanted and for however long.
That was another thing Monroe realized too late. She thought it was
always her fault for him beating her, but one day she opened her eyes and
saw it wasn't. She realized that now, but it didn't mean she still didn't have
those thoughts.
Several times she found herself thinking it was her fault since being in
Michael's house and it had been less than twenty-four hours. Her brain was
wired for the past six years to think everything was her fault. She
understood it was going to take a long time for her to heal, and she would
be willing to try and correct how Jared made her think every day.
Monroe couldn’t work on that right now. She needed to have all her
attention on making sure she was safe and away from Jared.
Turning over on the bed, she let out a frustrated sigh and sat up. There
was no way she was going back to sleep now. She couldn’t shake the
nightmare and she had been thinking too hard.
If only she had been able to go downstairs and grab a drink of water or
warm milk, she probably would have been able to go back to sleep. But this
wasn’t her house, and she didn’t want to do something and get punished for
it.
Sighing, Monroe pushed herself off the bed and walked toward the door.
She had no clue where her clothes were, but this was the perfect time to
escape. The sun was just about to rise and she hadn’t heard any movement
in the house yet.
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