Why I Stay
Chapter 1

It all started about 6 months ago. Me and my boyfriend Alex had been living together a little over a year. In that year, things had begun to fall apart. He would always yell at me. He would even hit me. I didn’t want to leave him because I was in love with him. I decided I would stay. I guess I should start telling you exactly what happened. Let’s start with that first day he ever hit me.
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I was standing in the bedroom putting clothes away when I heard the door slam. I sighed and walked into the living room.
“How was work, babe?,” I asked Alex.
“F*ck work,” he replied.
“I guess it didn’t go very well,” I mumbled as I walked over to a chair and watched him dig through the refrigerator. I heard a beep and realized my phone had gone off next to Alex.
“Can you get that for me babe?,” I asked.
He picked up the phone and stared at it with a puzzled look. He unlocked the screen and opened the message. A look of anger crossed his face.
“Who the f*ck is Brent and why is he telling you he loves you?,” asked Alex in a stern, angered voice. I got up and grabbed the phone from him.
“That’s my cousin,” I told him. “My mom just gave him my new number.”
“You’ve never told me about this cousin,” he said with no sign of the anger leaving.
“I didn’t feel like it was important.”
“You’re lying. Tell me who he really is.”
“I just told you. He’s my cousin.”
“Stop the bullsh*t, Jessica! Tell me who Brent really is!” He was yelling louder than I’d ever heard him before.
“I’m not lying! He’s my f*cking cousin! How could you accuse me of cheating?! I’ve done nothing but love you! I agreed to move out with you! You’ve been my everything for two f*cking years and now you’re going to accuse me of che-“
My sentence is interrupted by Alex’s hand crashing into my left cheek. I grip my face and back away.
“Don’t you ever lie to me again!,” he screams. “Go ahead and talk your ‘cousin’! I should’ve known you were a cheating wh*re anyways!”
He gave me death glare and started walking to the bedroom. When he gets to the door, he stops.
“Oh yeah. Jessica?,” he says with a slight smirk.
“What, a**hole?”
“Tell anyone I hit you and next time, it’ll be a lot worse.”
And with that, he disappeared into the bedroom.

Authors note!!
Yes, Brent is Jessica’s cousin. Alex just refuses to believe her. You’ll probably meet Brent later in the story.
I hope you guys liked this chapter! Again, comment to be notified!(:

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