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Post by ladytoodee44 on Sept 27, 2012 14:44:36 GMT -5
"Your daughter? I didn't know you had a daughter."
"Sit down let me tell you a story." She said before joining me. "Patricia was only ninteen when she was killed. She had been dating this guy Romelo for about a year and from the point I met him I knew he wasn't right. I would watch as she would flinch at every sudden movement he made. She had started wearing a lot of makeup and I saw bruises all over her. I always asked but she never told me the truth. One day I came home from work and got a call from the police. They said my daughter had been raped and chocked to death by Romelo. I was so upset with him but mainly myself. I thought I wasn't being a good enough mother but I tried to help her but she didn't want it. I saw the signs but I never said anything to police. She had so much going for her and she knew exactly how he was but she ran to him. Her excuse was that she loved him and she never had to pay for anything. Getting hit like that isn't love and all the money in the world can't bring her back." Karen wiped a tear from her eye after her story.
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Post by Desaree on Sept 28, 2012 11:10:37 GMT -5
"I'm sorry, Karen," Janique said.
"Don't feel bad for me, Janique. You need to get out of the situation that you're in now."
"Anthony never hits me-"
"If you don't handle it yourself, Janique, I'll do it for you. Understood?"
Janique looked away from her and nodded. "Yes, ma'am."
"Good," Karen said as she pulled her into a hug. "Now go home. Janiyah has already eaten and everything, so she's fine. I'll see you later."
Janique nodded, then joined Janiyah in the living room.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Sept 28, 2012 12:37:26 GMT -5
"Come on Janiyah." Janique said grabbing her hand before going across the hall to her apartment.
Janique laid Janiyah down to sleep and grabbed a wine glass. She sat on her couch sipping wine trying to put everything together. She looked around her apartment and realized if it wasn't for Anthony she wouldn't have anything in her apartment. If it wasn't for Anthony she wouldn't even have an apartment or a car. She had been depending on him for so long so she knew the first step to getting rid of him was to become independent.
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Post by danielle15 on Sept 29, 2012 8:55:27 GMT -5
She needed a good job and if she couldn't she would just get two. She knew Karen would help her out when needed and she also needed to get the locks changed in the morning.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Sept 29, 2012 15:09:17 GMT -5
Anthony was in the hospital trying to figure out exactly how he was going to get back at Janique. He knew he couldn't let her get away with this.
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Post by danielle15 on Sept 30, 2012 9:37:52 GMT -5
He had never got beat up to this extreme. He had to show her he was the man.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Sept 30, 2012 9:47:31 GMT -5
The next day Anthony was released from the hospital. As soon as his discharge papers were signed he took a cab to his house and picked up his car. He grabbed his gun and made his way to Janique's house.
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Post by Desaree on Oct 1, 2012 8:40:36 GMT -5
When he got there, he put the gun on his waist and looked around to make sure no one was outside. He pulled his key out of his pocket and attempted to open the door, unaware of the fact that she'd gotten the locks changed.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 1, 2012 12:16:36 GMT -5
"I think you might want to leave." Ms. Karen said as she stood in her aparment doorway.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Don't worry about it you just leave."
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Post by Desaree on Oct 1, 2012 13:35:05 GMT -5
"I ain't goin' nowhere. Where is Janique?"
"Young man, I'm not saying it again."
He ignored her and started banging on the door. "Yo, Janique!" he yelled.
"She's not in there."
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 1, 2012 19:24:57 GMT -5
"Then where the hell is she?"
"Not there." Ms. Karen said before closing the door.
Meanwhile behind closed doors Janique was sitting on her couch scared as hell. She was hoping like hell that Anthony wouldn't get in.
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Post by Desaree on Oct 2, 2012 11:08:46 GMT -5
She felt the urge to open the door every time he called her name. Not because she wanted him to come in, but because she was afraid of what would happen if he found out that she was in there. She contemplated sneaking out of the back door and going to Ms. Karen's apartment, but she didn't want to risk getting Ms. Karen hurt.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 2, 2012 13:09:03 GMT -5
Janique knew she couldn't live her life hiding and eventually Anthony would catch up to her. The more Anthony knocked the more Janique thought about Janiyah who was sleeping in her room. She knew that she couldn't do anything stupid because her daughter needed her.
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Post by Desaree on Oct 3, 2012 8:09:25 GMT -5
Finally, she decided to go with the obvious- yet temporary- solution: she called the police.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 3, 2012 11:42:08 GMT -5
Janique made her call and the police suggested she get a restraining order on Anthony. The police later that evening came over to get a report from Janique based on all the harm Anthony had done.
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Post by Desaree on Oct 3, 2012 13:30:57 GMT -5
When Anthony finally left, she sent Janiyah to Ms. Karen's house so that she could think without any interruptions.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 3, 2012 16:17:47 GMT -5
The police finally arrived at Janique's house for questioning.
"Hello thanks for coming." She said as she let two officers in her house. One officer was dark skinned and muscular with a hairless face. The other officer was short and skinny with a goatee. I led them to my living room where the questioning could begin.
"I'm officer Prescott and this is officer Dukes." The darkskin officer said.
"Hi." I said.
"Okay so this is your apartment?"
"Yes sir."
"Who else lives here?"
"My daughter Janiyah she's four."
"Where is she now?" Officer Prescott said as Officer Dukes wrote down the report.
"Across the hall my neighbor baby sits her."
"Okay so it says here you want to file a restraining order against Anthony Hankins?"
"Yes sir."
"What's his relationship to you and the reason for the order?"
"He was an exboyfriend of mine. He was abusive physically and mentally and I feel that he is a major threat to me and I don't want to put my daughter in danger."
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Post by Desaree on Oct 5, 2012 8:12:35 GMT -5
After asking a few more questions, the police officers left. They assured her that she'd get a restraining order, but the request was pending. Which meant that she wouldn't be safe for at least a few more days. She called her brother.
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Post by ladytoodee44 on Oct 5, 2012 11:48:39 GMT -5
"Hello."
"Hey Lionel."
"What's up? Did you get the order?"
"Yeah but you know its going to be a while."
"Yeah I know. Bring Janiyah over here yall can stay here and while and ya'll be safe."
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Post by Desaree on Oct 8, 2012 13:27:29 GMT -5
"Alright. We'll be over there soon."
"A'ight. I'm waiting."
Lionel hung up and Janique grabbed two bags: one for her things and another for Janiyah's.
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