Chapter 13: A Friend Indeed
"Janine?" Lyse said.
"Help." A weak voice came from over the phone.
"I will be right there!"
Without waiting for any more to be said, Lyse jumped out of her chair and looked around for her bag, stuffing her car keys and wallet into it and ran out the door and into her car and she sped off until she came to a stop.
Lyse’s heart pounded in her chest as she raced down the familiar street, she had parked her car a street away so that Max Janine’s husband would not know she was around.
She had promised Janine that she would be there as soon as she could, and she knew every second counted. Janine had been living with Max, her abusive husband, for far too long despite how he treated her. Lyse had tried everything to get Janine away from the brute but she had always resisted however, it seemed that tonight was the night she was going to escape.
As she reached Janine’s house, she paused to catch her breath. The lights were off and the house was eerily quiet. Lyse took a deep breath and knocked on the door. A moment later, it creaked open and Janine stood there, her eyes wide with fear and relief.
"Lyse, you’re here," Janine whispered, pulling her friend inside. "I am so glad that you came."
"I said I would didn’t it?" Lyse said as she hugged her and examined the bump on her head and bruises on her face.