Wednesday, December 31, 2014

............Partners in Marriage



Shelley debated answering. It was most likely one of Blue’s relative, who could leave a message on the machine.
            On the third ring she pushed the door shut and ran into the phone. She caught it just before the machine was activated, her voice breathless when she answered.
            “Hello?” She spoke more briskly.
            “Ms. Mathews?” the familiar voice wasw soft and frightened.
            “Brithany?” A chill swept down Shelley’s back.
            “Yeah. It’s me.”
            “Where are you?”
            “My mom’s. I need help.”
            Shelley’s heart thudded. “Are you hurt?”
            She hesitated and Shelley knew she was. “I’m scared. Ms. Mathews. She’s really mad at me. She locked me in, and I think she went to get a gun. I think she’s going to kill me.”
            “Can you call a police?”
            “No! I’m not supposed to be here.” Her voice rose hysterically. “They put me into a group home or something!”
            There was no sense arguing with her now, “All right, clam down. Where’s your mother’s house?”
Bethany give her the name of a road in Wetherford, “It’s green and white house, third one on the right. Please hurry.”
“I am coming, Bethany.”
“Please.” She hung up with soft click.
            Dear God. Shelley thought, this is why I have to leave this place. I can’t deal with this. What am I going to do if Betany’s mother really does try to kill her?
            Rage surfaced suddenly through her fear, and she know she want to stop Vivian Garreaux from hurting Bethany again as much as she’d ever wanted anything in her life. How dare a woman treat her daughter this way? How dare she?