It's been seven years since I've felt safe and Five years since I've been home. Seems like it's been a lot longer than five years, but if you have been through what I have then you would understand the feeling. I hate that I had to leave my old life like that. Friends and family wondering why I left with no notice, but they will understand my need to get away in the end. At least I hope so.

I mean how would you go about trying to convince everyone, even a jury, that your cop, boyfriend of two years had been abusing and raping you since three months after beginning to date? Yeah I wouldn't believe me either since there weren't any broken bones to show for it. Only some nasty and painful bruises. He would never hit me in the face or anywhere that was visible. Sad thing was that he only hit me for reasons that weren't even my fault.

He got yelled at for being insubordinate at work and I got punched in the gut. When he got in a fight with a friend, I got kicked down the stairs. The worst is if I get hit on by any other guy. It doesn't even have to be a guy that hits on me for me to get punished. I was tortured and raped for a week straight for the girl at the check out counter saying I was cute. He tied me to the bed and continually alternated between raping me and beating me. He never stopped unless I either passed out, or he got tired and passed out. More often than not I would pretend to be passed out for the abuse to stop. That's how I got away from him.

Last time he was raping me for a coworker complimenting my sweater and didn't tie me to the bed very well. I think he may have been drinking before he came home because the abuse didn't last very long this time. I waited for him to pass out after he was finished and slipped from the bed. I paused long enough to grab some cloths and booked it from the house. I went to the bank and closed out the secret account I had been funneling money into for the last year and a half. $3,000 isn't all that much but I still took it and ran.

Didn't stop long enough to tell my family or any of my friends. Not like my friends would notice anyway. They would all think that I've gone on a long vacation. If they ever came calling when I was tied up, he would just tell them that I went to visit family or I am at a spa retreat that he arranged. I wonder what excuse he's made up for this absence? Anything he may have said to my uncle would've fallen on deaf ears. My uncle is a marine. He would've seen straight through any lie he was told. Plus he never liked my ex and if he saw any of the bruises he would never ask, but would always get this knowing look on his face. I've been tempted to contact him or my cousin in my travels but could never get the courage to do so. My ex was smart and would likely be tracking his incoming calls. That would lead him straight to the town I was in.

It wouldn't really matter that much though. Since I've left I haven't stayed in one place for very long. Stayed in the northern states for awhile. Did odd jobs around the towns I would stop in. Got a job at a diner as a waitress for a couple months once. But I would always leave town when anyone started asking too many questions about me or if my ex started showing up. Almost got caught once when one of his buddies stopped in for a bite to eat. Luckily he didn't recognize me since I changed my appearance. I guess I didn't change it well enough though because my ex showed up at my door the next day. Luckily I had a very nosy neighbor that opened her door before he forced his way in. I'll have to thank Mrs. Miller one day.

Needless to say I left that night and got on the first train heading south out of town. Ended up in Mississippi for a few months before heading farther south. I avoided Texas at all costs because my ex has family there and that left me with only a couple options. Either I headed farther south or east to the coast. My decision wasn't that easy, but I still made it to my destination. That's why I'm currently sitting here at a bar in beautiful New Orleans.

I do not own NCIS: New Orleans or any of it's characters. The only Characters I own are my Oc's. This story will be written like an episode or as close to one as possible. Please let me know what you think of it and if there needs to be any changes. I will try to update and upload chapters as quickly as possible. As always thanks for reading and I hope you like it.