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“I was
the more busy I got with my business the more distant Xaiver became. He somehow changed. He started drinking - a lot. He would come home at all late hours of the night or didn't come home at all until the next morning.
“After six years of marriage I got pregnant -” Matt cuts me off. “What? Pregnant?” He asks in shock. “Matt, please,” I beg. “Let me just get this out and over with, okay?” I know this is killing him, but I have to get this out.
He
“I was four 1/2 months pregnant when I lost my baby.” My vision becomes blurry. I finally spilled my deepest scar. “This….this is so hard to talk about - the hardest part.”
“I hadn't seen or heard from Xaiver since I told him about the baby. I thought he was gone for good and was starting to make plans to divorce him.
One night, I had been up late, reviewing my latest photo shoot proofs and had fallen asleep without setting the alarms. My house was broken into. The house was so big you couldn't hear things from upstairs.” I clear my throat. “I was awoken by three men; I couldn't tell who they were, I just knew they were very tall and big from their dark shadows in the moonlight.” My
He was beaten - badly. I couldn't remember if I had screamed or not, but the next thing I knew I was being dragged out of bed and beaten in the stomach…. with a baseball bat.” Matt gasps. “They fucked up my face with their fists - beat me with a bat…... I was left to die - I sure as hell thought I was going to die…...my unborn baby was beaten to death…. I was going to die too.”
