Tina: Christie why dont you and your friend go to your room and I will be right there ok?

Angie and Christie just stood there.

Tina: Christie!…please do it for mommy sweetie.

Christie: ok.

Christie pulled Angie hand and both girls took off running to her room.

Tina went over to her phone and called the only person she could think of in a moment like this.

The phone rung for a few seconds until someone picked up.

Tina: Hello? Marcus?

Marcus: Tina is that you? Is everything ok?

Tina now crying uncontrollably, Marcus immediately hope out of bed putting on his shoes.

Tina: Marcus could you please come over, I need your help?

Marcus: Already on the way, be there in 5.

Marcus and Tina had been really great friends for about 3 years now. They met while working on a child services case together. Marcus was a tall, handsome, African-American man and a very successful lawyer who specialize in child care. They both had one thing in common and that was the determination in making sure every child was safe and well taken care. The case dealt with a child being abused by her mother and they needed the court to see just how unfit the parent was and why she shouldn’t be allowed to care for the child, but they needed to get the child to speak and tell the truth about whats been happening to her. The case went on for a little over a year and finally the judge ruled in their favor. The child was put into foster care, six months later adopted by a well rounded family who provided her with the love and care she needed. After the case was over they shared a drink together at a local bar, got to know each other better, and been buddies every since.

Five mintues later…

Tina heard a knocked on door but didn’t answer it right away it could be him and she didn’t want to let him back in. Marcus sense something was wrong and yelled through the door.

Marcus: Tina it’s me, please open up.

Tina finally let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding suddenly feeling a little safer. She opened the door and Marcus gasped at what he was looking at, Tina’s face was clearly beaten. Her lips were busted, her right eye had already started turning black, and blood was slowly coming from her nose. Anger filled Marcus’s body immediately.