I was running as fast as I could, I couldn’t let him see me, that’s all I need, another beating. I hurried and ducked into one of the abandoned sheds, I just know he must have seen me, “I have to be quiet or for sure this time he will hurt me big time”. My heart is beating so fast and hard, it sounds like a drum and oh so loud. I don’t know where to go, who can help me? Who is going to take care of my daughter? I shouldn’t have taken his money, he now thinks he owns me, he is a crazy person. Oh, here he comes, he is getting closer, I have to be still. Should I run again, no place to go and its too dark, he is close enough, he will hear me. Why or why have I gotten myself into this mess? If I had only