Chapter 3 Natalie beat you up

" Now tell me, Who was that man that brought you home?"  he shrieked and shook her violently. Tears welled up in her eyes as she watched Natalie openly displaying his hatred toward her. He never loved her and she knew it. If not because of her father's illness, she wouldn't have been married to him. He married her just to punish her family because of the debt they owed him. Meg's silence provokes Natalie further. He hauled her downstairs and punched her hard in the stomach, kicking and yelling at her in anger. "How dare you cheat on me? I paid enormously for this marriage yet you cheat on me" He yelled  And continued kicking at her harder. When he was satisfied, he gave her one last kick at her ass and moved up to his room. He was really angry and Meg's presence only made it worse. Meg was greatly bruised. Her stomach hurts and her ribs are broken. She cried bitterly. Coughing and spitting blood.  After a while, she dragged herself to her room and lay down on the bed, when sleep gradually overtook her. Meg woke up the next morning and saw how disheveled she was. She quickly made her way to the bathroom and filled her bathtub with hot water. She let herself into the water and then closed her eyes in meditation. Her whole body still hurt, however, the water was bringing calmness and the healing that she desired.

She let her mind wander to what transpired between her and Natalie the previous night. Her eyes filled up with tears as she recalled the event that took her out earlier that night.

Meg just came back from work where she was working as a waitress at the local bar when she received an urgent call from her mother.

"Your father's condition has worsened and the doctors threatened to throw him out if we did not pay in more money by tomorrow," she said.

Meg could hear her mother sobbing through the phone. She has become used to hearing her mother sob on the phone and so she was calm.

"You have to do something urgently Meg, I don't want to lose my husband" she cried.

Meg did not wish to lose his father either.

She has worked herself out trying to get money for her father's surgery. Yet she was yet to get the required amount.

However, she still has some savings left, and she hopes to give them to the hospital so that her father will get some treatment pending when a miracle will happen and she will be able to pay for his surgery.

Unfortunately, Meg went to her piggery box and broke it. To her greatest surprise, her money was gone. She was sure she had put in more than a thousand bucks in the box, but they were all gone. She lived with no one in her apartment but Natalie.

And so she rushed out that night in search of Natalie. She knew where she would find him and that was at the Best bar where he spends his money on his strange women.

True to her words, Natalie was having a great time with a young blonde who was almost her age. This enraged Meg and without warning she landed her tiny hands on his cheeks.

Here she was working her ass out to save for her father's Illness and all he could do was to spend her hard-earned money on women.

Natalie was stunned. Since when did she grow wings? He forcefully grabbed her wrists the moment he came out of the shock and dragged her out of the bar. She was lucky he did not beat her to a stupor inside the bar like he always does, instead, he chose to beat her up outside the bar.

He drove her to a lonely street where no one could save her and then this strange man came just in time before she could get her bones broken. Unfortunately, that did not stop her ordeal. Natalie still had his way when she got home.

Meg sighed and got out of the tub and dried herself up. She managed to conceal her bruises with makeup and dressed up for work. Hoping to see her father later in the day.

She got to the Imperial Hotel where she worked as a receptionist during the daytime. She usually takes a break in the afternoon so she can rest for her Night duty at the local bar. Meg works this hard just to pay for her father's hospital bills.

Meg rushed into the staff room to change into her uniform immediately after she came in. She has less than ten minutes to start her duty for the day. She came into the room and saw her best friend Lisa wearing her uniform.

"Hah, Lisa you are here already," Meg said and grabbed her clothes from her locker.

"Natalie beat you up again,"  Lisa asked, looking deeply into her best friend's eyes. Without responding to her greetings. Like always Meg nodded her head. Even if she lied to everyone, she can't lie to Lisa because she always finds out the truth.

However, The first thing Lisa noticed the moment Meg stepped in was her swollen face. Despite Meg's efforts to cover it up with her makeup, yet, the bruise was still obvious in Lisa's eyes.

Maybe because Lisa always has this expectation now and then that Natalie will beat her friend up or maybe it was a constant phenomenon in Meg's life that Lisa constantly witnessed. Whatever the case is, Lisa always sees the bruises even when others don't.

"Why can't you walk out of that abusive marriage? For crying out loud that man is a beast." Lisa yelled.

"Do you want him to kill you before you could walk away?" Lisa asked