Free Every Bitch Has A Secret by ASHLEY SHAVONNE Page B

gotta go.” He stood and left in a hurry. Tammy stood up and looked around.
     
    “Well that was interestin.’” As she went about locking up, she called the in order in like she promised and headed toward the door. A small book on the floor next to an half packed box caught her eye. She grabbed it, flipping through it realizing it was her friend’s journal. She smiled at the thought. She thought journal writing was long gone. Tucking it under her arm, she locked the house and went back to work. She didn’t look at the journal until she got home that night. What was inside she wasn’t ready to see. The earliest entry started when Madison was thirteen.
                 
    September 15
                                I was a good child. I try to behave my best and listen to mommy and daddy. I don’t know what I did to make daddy mad. He hurt with “his thing”. He lied to me saying him and mommy had a fight. He got in my bed and hurt me. I cried when he put his “his thing” in me. It hurt sooo bad. He was drunk. He smelt funny. What did I do wrong?
     
    December 4
                                The baby is gone. I’m not stupid I knew I was pregnant before I passed out but now nothing but bleeding. I missed periods and went online behind mommy’s back at her store. All I remember was telling dad that he made a baby and he hit me. Then I wake up in this funny smelling place. It was cold and I was in pain. A nurse gave me pills told me to swallow and not to be a naughty girl again. I wanted to kick her and tell her I didn’t do anything wrong. It was all dad.
     
    Tammy looked up from the journal, shaking. All this time she known Madison but didn’t know her. Why didn’t she tell anyone? Why keep it to herself? Her friend’s problems suddenly made sense.
     
    December 29
                                He tried to kill me. I swear to god. I woke up tied to my bed. I was scared out my mind. I couldn’t scream the fear made me lose my voice. He had a knife to my throat. I waited for him to kill me but he didn’t.
     
    Tammy finished the entry and place the book down. “Oh Madison. Honey I know your pain now. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you.”
     
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    Ty sat there silently watching the movie. Samantha sat beside him, slowly eating popcorn. This was her idea to keep him busy. He glanced over at her. She was so focused on the movie. The more he stared at her, the more he got angry at her. If it wasn’t for her, Madison and him would have still been together and she still would be alive. Why the fuck did he even fucked her? She ruined everything and he would not forgive her.
     
                  “Ty? Ty the movie is over.” He looked up and she was standing over him.
                 
    “My bad” he stood up, “You want me to drop you off at your place?” He offered, ready to get rid of her.
     
    “Yeah. Come.” He pulled up to her place forty minutes later and cut the engine. “Come inside for a bit. There’s something I want to ask you and talk to you about.”
     
    “Not tonight Sam.”
     
    “It will only take a minute.” She was already out the car. He let out a sigh and climbed out after her. He followed her into the house and she closed the door behind them. “Have a seat.” He sat down on her couch. She came back balancing two glasses of wine with the bottle under her arm. This told him that she had plan on him staying for a while. He took the glass from her and set it on the table in front of him. “I had a good time last night.” She took a big drink. His eyes clocked the move. Wasn’t she supposed to be pregnant?
     
    “Do you think you need to be drinkin’? Ain’t you pregnant? How far along now?”
     
    “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. Well I’m not so I know you’re glad for that.” Well he was. “Also I want you to meet my