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Unspoken Abuse

Roslynn knew that bringing up the past may do more harm than good but she hated that Giana was feeling the way she felt. Giana had every right to be angry because she was right her father did make his own choices and sadly Giana paid the consequences.

“If I tell her that her father left because he suspected she wasnt his daughter but that she was yours she will have more questions and be more angry. Tomorrow Ill ask her to borrow her hair brush and Ill grab the hair from the brush and we will send in the sample to test against your own. We both know shes not yours but I'd rather have it in writing and have her mad at me instead of you.” Roslynn planned.

“Shes going to be mad regardless. Make sure she understands you never cheated on her father. He had already left you the first time and what happened with us was due to a drunken night with friends. Neither of us even remember that night so we dont even know if we really spent the night. I just remember Jacob walking into the house and yelling. When I saw him in your face and holding you by the throat I protected you. After that is when things got so bad for you.” Mike recalled.

Roslynn never told anyone, not even her children how abusive Jacob was to her. He entertained women at bars and restaurants while he had a wife and daughters at home. Roslynn knew he cheated on her but she was loyal to him until the end of their marriage. It was actually Mike and her father that helped her out of her marriage.

Jacob had returned home drunk one night after he attended a business meeting at a restaurant in the city. Roslynn had just laid Linda in her crib when Jacob walked in acting stupid. Roslynn pushed him out of the nursery and into the hallway. Because she pushed him he struck her causing her nose to bleed. She walked away to get clean but he followed behind her while calling her names and tearing her down. Roslynn had known he was drunk and didnt allow herself to react. Jacob became furious and struck her again this time he used the cord to the phone on his desk.

Roslynn winced in pain but didnt want to awaken Allison or Linda. That Night Jacob took all of his frustrations out on Roslynn and he beat her so badly she had welts all over her body and her face was bloody. He then packed his things and left because in his own words he couldnt bare to be with a spineless slut all of his life. After he left Roslynn documented every bruise and mark. Jacob hated tending to the animals so Roslynn had hidden years worth of photos and reports from her doctors documenting the abuse she endured.

When Jacob returned 7 weeks later he had claimed to have changed. Roslynn was reluctant but she decided to give him another chance. They were together for only a short month in a half before the real Jacob showed his face. Jacob had returned from an overnight work trip which usually consisted of him screwing so cheap whore. It was obvious he had been drinking as soon as he enter the door.

Roslynn had asked for Mikes help the night before becuase both Allison and Linda had chicken pox and Roslynn couldnt juggle both girls at the same time. Allsion had a high fever and wouldnt eat or drink anything and linda kept hiding in other parts of the house trying to scratch her bumps. So Mike had linda downstairs with him while Roslynn had Allison upstairs.

When Jacob got home and noticed Mike asleep on the couch he rushed up the stairs where Roslynn laid asleep. He grabbed her by her hair dragging her from their room and tossed her down kitchen the stairs. As she hit the floor at the bottom of the stairs she saw Jacob rushing towards her accusing her of being a whore. Jacob began choking and assulting her.

The look in his eyes as he was choking Roslynn was one of pure darkness and hatred. He had torn off her nightgown while he beat her. She was on the ground when Jacob began to choke her. Roslynn was gasping for air and arrempting to kick and hit him to get him off of her. That only made things worse and Jacob began sqeezing her throat harder. He let go long enough to punch her multiple times in the face. Roslynn was sure he was finally going to kill her. She prayed to God to get her through what was happening and protect her kids if she died there on the floor.

Mike had heard muffled noises coming from the other room, he closed the sliding door that seperated the livingroom from the kitchen and went to make sure Roslynn was okay. Mike saw Roslynn laying on the ground with Jacob on top of her while struggling to breathe, covered in blood and tears streaming down her face.

He grabbed Jacob and ripped him off of Roslynn. He took his shirt off and gave it to her to cover herself with while he handled Jacob. Mike had been furious not because he was in love with Roslynn but because Roslynn was like a sister to him. They grew up together before her father gave him a job. She was the only family he had other than his foster mother.

Roslynn saw a side of Mike she had never seen as she ran to hide. Mike had lost all control on Jacob and beat him until he could barely stand up. Mike then grabbed Jacob and threw him out of the house without another word. Mike protected Roslynn that day, which is why she never cared to let him live on the property rent free. She knew if Mike wouldn't have been there and saved her she would have been dead.

About five months later Roslynn was glowing and visibly pregnant again. By then Jacob had been gone and not heard from since the day he assaulted her. She had made plans to go out to a celebratory lunch for work. While she was out she caught herself looking at a cute little baby outfit in the window of a small shop which made her go in and look around. She had been checking out with a few things when she bumped into Jacobs cousin Ashley.

They spoke very little but Roslynn had been showing so Ashley must have put two and two together because next thing she knew within days Jacob had reappeared at her house claiming he was a changed man. Roslynn didnt want to give him another chance but he had made it clear that legally they were still married so there wasnt much she could do.

Things weren’t the greatest between her and jacob but he had an amazing bond with Giana after she was born. Thankfully they didnt share a room and kept the door locked while she slept. Roslynn kept herself busy with working and taking care of the girls. Jacob and Giana on the other hand barely spent a moment apart. Once Giana turned 9 is when the real problems started again with Jacob’s drunken abuse and when his abuse almost hurt Giana Roslynn had had enough. Roslynn swore this would be the last time her ever hurt her and she meant it.

It was 4th of July and Jacob had thrown a huge party for all their friends and family. Against Roslynns wishes there was tons of alcohol and more just seemed to keep appearing. Jacob just kept throwing back shots and downing drink after drink. By 11pm Roslynn was ready to finish cleaning up the trash and put everything away. Jacob took Roslynn inside by the arm. He took her up to his study where her screams couldnt be heard by the guests outside.

Jacob began punching Roslynn in the ribs and kicked her in the stomach as she was on the floor gasping for air. He grabbed her by the hair and slammed her face into his knee causing blood to flow from her nose. He hit her in the ear so badly that it was ringing and she couldnt hear what he was yelling at her. After the beating was finally over Roslynn crawled to the bathroom to clean herself up.

She had changed and was cleaning her face when she heard Giana's voice enter her bedroom. Roslynn rushed to grab her daughter because she could still hear Jacob in the house yelling. Giana wanted a glass of water but hated going down the dark staircase to the kitchen alone. Roslynn tried to sneak downstairs with Giana infront of her but little did she know Jacob was behind her.

"Stupid Bitch" Jacob said and then suddenly Roslynn felt a kick to the back and she tumbled down the stairs with Giana in her arms. When she saw that Giana had gotten hurt and Jacob didnt even notice what he had done it was then that she decided never again would she let this happen. She cleaned up Giana, got all 3 girls together and took them to the back house where Mike was.

Mike heard a knock at the back door of his house. He jumped up and opened the door and couldnt believe the sight in front of him. He was furious to see Roslynn and giana hurt. Roslynn begged him not to do anything just to stay with them until morning. Mike agreed and sat on his front porch rifle in hand incase Jacob realized Roslynn and the girls had left. In the morning Roslynn knew what she had to do.

She gathered all her photos and documents of the abuse she got into her car and she drove to her parents house. Roslynns whole family was a very well known man in the community. They were Elites in the financial groups and owned almost every other building in the city. They enjoyed the spotlight where as Roslynn never liked having all eyes on her. Roslynn never liked including her parents in her personal affairs but this time she needed her fathers help.

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