“Please stop!” She whispers as he drags her by her hair painfully and tosses her. She clutches at her stomach in concern.“You want me to stop? I'll show you what you are, a slut, my tool.” He crouches down to her level and clasps her jaw with force making her face him.“I-i'm sorry James, p-plea-”She couldn't finish her sentence as his fist connected with her jaw, the taste of blood invades her mouth. He pulls her to her feet, he backslaps her across the face and letting her fall on her face. The pain is sharper than the words at this point. He kicks her aiming for her stomach but she rolls over and his foot connects with her back, she clutches her eyes shut as the pain hits her. The tears are falling more and more uncontrollably now, no matter what she does, where she goes, he always manages to find her and each time the punishment is worse than last time. This time she's not scared for her life, but she's scared for her child's life that's she's carrying. The tears are for her ch

Lisa's povI wince as I try to get up from the bed, my whole body hurts, I couldn't move properly. He made sure to almost kill me this time. James saw the kiss Snakes and I shared and he made assumptions that I was always cheating on him so he beat me up in his sick twisted mind of teaching me a lesson, with his hands, sjambok and anything that could have possibly hurt me. My body has fresh wounds and they hurt like a bitch.He deprived me food for days, I didn't bleed down there, I'm thankful that my baby is still safe but I need to eat something to sustain that.I limp to the bathroom, running the water in the bathtub, I look in the mirror at the damaged girl who can never be loved by anyone, a girl who can't even protect her own child. My tears haven't surfaced since that day he made me spread my legs-I tie my afro into a bun and strip my clothes off. I get into the bathtub and feel the warm water against my fresh wounds, and it stings like nobody's business. I stay there for a go