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First Love Isn’t Always True Love 1

Anna Marie got in her car and drove off. She had work that evening and didn’t know where she was going to stay that night. Going back to the apartment wasn’t an option, not after what Cody had done to her. As she drove she wondered if she ever truly loved him. How could she love someone that would treat her so badly. Every time it happened she swore she would leave, and he always pleaded with her that it would never happen again. So she believed him, but somehow it always did.

          She wondered why she only chose now to leave. She had stayed all the other times. Why was tonight any different? Perhaps she was just tired of making excuses for him, tired of lying to everyone about how and where she received the bruises that where constantly on her body. Maybe she was just tired of waking up scared every day, wondering if he was doing to lose control and land her in the hospital or worse. She just wanted a little peace in her life, and leaving Cody that night she felt like a weight was lifted and that she that she could finally breathe again. It was time to get on with her life, but she just didn’t know what the future would hold for her without Cody. They had been together since high school, and she was scared that she couldn’t get along without him.

          As she parked her car in parking lot of the Kali’s Bar & Grill, she looked in the mirror of her compact and saw the bruise on her face already forming. She tried to use whatever makeup she could to cover it up, but she feared no matter what she did someone would notice, plus her right arm and back hurt from where she had hit the wall.

          She wanted to sit in her car and break into tears, but she had no time for that. She couldn’t miss another day of work due to Cody’s temper. She was already on probation as it was, and without this job there was no way she could finish her last year of college.