She held her head high as she crossed the street, silently praying her shoulders weren't stooped from the load of reality that had just hit her! Her legs shook from the inside and seemed to be unattached to her body. She stumbled as she stepped upon the curb, trying to avoid the eyes of the faces gathered in front of the pool-hall. Sounds of wolf-whistles and cat calls whirled around her head as she tried to hurry past. Compliments thrown at her from behind produced looks of disgust from two local ladies walking toward her. Why had she moved here?
Here in this place, so much like the town she grew up in. She had hoped for a new start after a dreadful divorce. But her dreams were turned to nightmares. That awful night...the night that heaven fell...and she lost her faith!
Hurrying toward her car, thoughts slung her back to that night. Her boss had followd her to her car, then pulled her behind a dumpster. She kicked and screamed but no one came to help. Later, when she stumbled into the police station, no one believed her. They didnt take her report seriously because she was, afterall, ...divorced.
She had worked so hard to put it all behind her...pretending it never happened. But now, the doctors words had made it all too real! The sound of his voice mixed with pity and disgust raced through her mind like a freight train.
Hot tears sprang from her eyes and gathered in salty pools at the corner of her mouth. She shook her head to clear her mind, and pointed her car toward the interstate.
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