As she laid in the hospital for a number of days with two broken ribs and swollen bruise body and face, Margaret told her sister Kathy that her husband David beat her often, but was afraid to tell anyone for further upsetting him. She stated " My husband was not like this before. I don't know what changed him. He started drinking more heavily as weeks past using abusive language on me." Kathy replied " I'm so sorry for you not confiding in me earlier. I could have at least tried to get you some help''. Looking at her sister's swollen and bruise body Kathy burst out into tears.
Doctor Maury approached Kathy and asked her " how long has this been going on with her sister? She has been in this hospital several times previously for falls, scars, and bruises. Is there anything I should know about?", Still trying to pull herself together Kathy responded " Her husband beats her and she doesn't know what to do." Doctor Maury said he will have someone to contact her sister to further investigate this matter when she gets better,
A week went by when a social worker came to visit Margaret . The first thing she asked " Where is your husband now Mrs Taylor and has he tried to contact you in any way ? Margaret replied " The last thing I remember was when he was locked up for DWI, battery and assault charges. I'm afraid that he is looking for me to hurt me again." The social worker took her statement and notified the police and provided a Safe Haven shelter for abused women for her to stay when she is discharged from the hospital.
After her release from the hospital Margaret went back home . She was glad to be back to familiar surroundings still not knowing where her husband was located. She prepared to take a long hot bath just to relax. Suddenly she heard a sound from the kitchen. It was Kimmy her cat that she had for some years. The question flowing in her mind was, " who took care of Kimmy while I was in the hospital''. Her heart pounded as she looked around the house for her husband David but lo and behold he's standing by the tub.
She screamed out ''Please don't hurt me'' as she sighted a knife in his right hand. David shouted " Where have you been bitch, I've been looking all over for you '', as he jabbed the knife repeatedly in the wall." Immediately Margaret ran down the stairs calling out for help as David ran after her trying to cut her with the knife. She locked herself in a hallway closet , David mumbled " You don't leave me, I own you, Don't you know ?''.
When the neighbors heard the shouting and screaming from next door , they called the police, but before they could arrive David got the axe from the garage and started chopping into the closet seeking his wife Margaret who is begging and pleading for her life. Once he got the door open he grabbed his wife by her neck and slammed her to the floor. He then pulled out a gun to shoot her but she said, "David I love you , I would never leave you , I've been in the hospital from your physical abuse. I haven't been with any other man ".
David rage still hadn't cool down, that was when he pointed the gun at her to kill his wife, when the police sighted him through the window pointing the gun at his wife. The police opened fire and shot him twice. He didn't die but Margaret wanted him dead for all he has put her through with the violent abuse she suffered for nearly two years, A man she loved since high school.
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