Free Write Week 10

Part One The rain pounded from the sky, soaking through her thin, worn clothes. Her hair hung limp around her shoulders almost completely covering her pale face. Her brown irises consumed with fear, shoulders hunched, hands covering her barely showing belly-Ava wondered how she had gotten to such a low point in her life. Alone, scared, and pregnant she trudes through the rain on the side of a backwoods road in the middle of nowhere. With every headlight and sound of tires, Ava's heart stopped. She wondered if he had noticed she was gone, if he even bothered to look for her. Yes, she thought. In his mind she belonged to him and there was no escaping his desire for her. Not real desire, mere ownership. She was his possesion and would be until the day she died. She could handle the beatings, the humiliation, and the nights he forced her to perform her wifely duties; however, she could not, and would not, let him hurt her baby. So she had left. While he was at a business dinner, she had walked right out the front door. And kept walking. And continued to walk; for her baby, for her freedom, for her future. Headlights illuminated the shadows. Ava, not breathing, quickly layed down in the ditch praying whoever it was had not seen her. To her horror, the vehicle stopped. Backed up. She heard the engine stop and the door open. Blood filled her mouth as she bite down on her tongue to keep from screaming. "Anyone there?" she heard a male voice call. She didn't think it was him, but all men were the same. So she continued to lay in the mud, not breathing, not making a sound. "I thought I saw someone out there. I guess not." the man mumbled to himself as he turned to walk back to his truck. As he turned, the light fell on Ava's pale blond curly hair. Her breathe caught. "Who are you? I promise I won't hurt you. Don't you know there's a storm brewing?" he asked. "Go away. I am waiting on someone. He will be here any minute. Thanks for the offer though." She was squeak out at last. "Come on lady, its freezing out here. You'll get sick. Let me give you a ride to town. You can wait for him there." "No thanks." "Look lady, I'm not gonna aruge with you. Get in the truck. I swear, women can be so hard-headed." "No!" "Well, then I have no choice." he hollered as he strode toward her. Male hands grasping her arm was the last thing Ava saw. Then everything went black.