Caitlyn and her children live in fear of the next attack. Shes tried to play to role of dutiful wife to her abusive and violent husband, but one night, as shes hiding in terror in the closet, she realizes that she wont survive much longer. Something has to changeand quickly. Shes heard all the excuses, and nothing changes. She has endured his abuse for years; despite repeated promises that each time is the last, she knows the truth. She is numb to the true horror of her life. Her children are too young to be so knowledgeable about the deception of life in an abusive household. When Caitlyn makes the decision to leave her husband behind, it is the most terrifying day of her new life. She fi nds refuge at the lake home of her loving Aunt Betty, but even there shes not truly safe. As Caitlyn tries to build a new, optimistic life far away from her dangerous past, she must now battle new demons. But with faith in the love of her family, trust in her own abilities, and hope that she truly deserves a more peaceful life, she is confi dent that she will escape the cycle of violence.
After having retired, Ruth found relaxing pleasure in maintaining a beautiful flower garden, and the care of a variety of birds that frequent her home in North Carolina. More recently, Ruth has found the specific description of characters and their life stories pouring out of her fertile mind in the early hours of the morning with details and specifics taking formation throughout the day, and making their way to pen and paper in the quite moments of the day.
Ellianne had been a ward of the system until she was eighteen. Then, for two years ,she had worked for the orphanage. They had told her she must leave when she was twenty, so she had rented a small apartment and had gotten a job in a music store. When she became twenty it was an easy move. The sisters had presented her with a small box on her last day. It was the two figurines she had in her pocket the day she came to the orphanage. She had rescued them from the trash where her mother had thrown them. She discovered she liked living alone. She had never known privacy nor ownership and she found it to be quite pleasant. She had spent weeks getting her small flat livable .Combing the antique shops looking for treasures to make her little home special.
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