~55~
"She is afraid of what her husband will do when he finds out. Listen, I'm at the house right now and I don't have much time to get her out of here before he comes back. When he comes home, he's really going to flip. He's already beaten her severely." Sav was growing impatient at how slow this was going.
"What is the name of the husband?" The dispatcher asked typing in the information as he gave it to her.
"Her husband's name is Joe Elliott. Her name is Victoria Elliott. I need to get her out of here, do you think you could send the police over to my house so I can get her out of harms way?"
"Of course Sir. I will need the address of the victim and your address."
"My address is 5041 S.W. Maple and Joe's address is 6798 Dublin Street."
"Okay Sir, we'll send a car out to your house right now as well as bring a car out to Mr. Elliott's house. Get her out of there as quickly as possible." Sav hung up and was about to see if Victoria was alright when she appeared at the top of the stairs.
"I'm ready to go." Victoria walked down the stairs handing the suitcase to Sav.
Tears shone in her eyes and her cheeks were wet. "I know you love him Victoria but he has no right hitting you. This will be for the best you'll see." Victoria nodded and followed him silently to the car.
Sav glanced over at Victoria as they drove through the quiet streets of Dublin and squeezed her shoulder gently feeling them shake beneath his hand. He felt that was all the comfort he could offer her at the moment because he knew she was terrified inside, partly afraid of Joe's reaction once he came home to find her gone and partly afraid of leaving him because she loved him so much.
Sav put the Porsche in park and stepped out of the car. The front door opened and Paige appeared going to the passenger side and tilted Victoria's face to meet her gaze. "Oh luv, I'm so sorry this happened to you."
Victoria wrapped her arms around Paige's neck sobbing into her shoulder as she felt her resolve crumble.
~56~
Sav removed Victoria's suitcase from the trunk and set it just inside the front door and walked back to Paige and Victoria. Sav stroked Victoria's hair softly and kissed her cheek.
"You're safe now Victoria. He can't hurt you anymore." Sav kissed Paige and opened the driver's door.
"Where are you going Sav?" Paige asked worriedly.
"Take Victoria inside, the police are going to be here any minute. I have to take care of something. Tell Tyler I'll watch a movie with him later." Before Paige could protest, Sav pulled from the driveway and sped down the street.
"I wouldn't want to be Joe right now." Paige said softly.
"Oh god, he's not going to hurt Joe is he?" Victoria asked, her brow furrowing with concern.
"Victoria, how can you ask that question? Have you looked at your face luv? The least Joe deserves is jail time."
"I know but he's going to be so pissed when he finds out the police have been told and that I'm gone. I'm so scared Paige."
"I know, let's get you inside and I'll get you some hot tea." Victoria sat silently at the dining room table sipping the Chamomile Tea Paige had made for her when the doorbell rang.
Victoria panicked momentarily afraid that it would be Joe and he had come to get her. Paige patted her hand reassuringly and went to the door.
Paige opened the door to find two uniformed police officers standing there. One man and one woman. "Hello, won't you come in. My husband is the one that called you."
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What Lies Beneath
FanfictionA story about a couple who starts having problems in their marriage and the husband becomes violent but it's not his fault as he finds out later why. Contains Violence, Adult Content, Language and mature subject matter
