‘Mackenzie? Mackenzie? Some Officers Are Here To See You’ I Heard A Soft Spoken Midwestern Woman Say Breaking Me From A Sleep. The Minute My Eyes Were Open, They Were Flooded With Tears From The Exrusiating Pain All Over My Body. I Looked Around The Unfamilliar Room And Wondered Where I Was. The Last Thing I Remember Was Breaking Up With Jason. ‘Mackenzie Hunny, Some Police Officers Would Like To Talk To You, Are You Up To That?’ The Woman Asked Once Again. I Looked At Her In Utter Confussion. ‘Why Am I Here? What Happened To Me?’ I Said. I Realized It Hurt To Open My Mouth. ‘She Sat Down Beside Me On The Bed. ‘Thats What We’d Like To Know Sugar, Do You Remember Anything From Last Night?’ She Asked. I Thought Really Hard. ‘Excuse Me Nurse Jones, We Really Need To Talk To Her, We Cant Hold The Boy On Nothing’ An Officer Said Standing In The Door Way. The Nurse Got Up, Checked My IV Fluid, And Walked Out. The Officer Walked In And Stood Beside My Bed. ‘Miss.Richardson, You Were Found At The Bottom Of The Stairs In Your Boyfriend, Jason’s Apartment Building. We Really Need To Know If He Pushed You Down Those Stairs...’ He Said. My Mind Started Drifting.
What Do You Mean YOUR Breaking Up With ME? I Dont Think So!’ Jason Said Before Slapping Me In The Face.I Grabbed The Tingling Spot On My Cheek As My Eyes Stung With Tears.
I Looked At The Officer With Tears In My Eyes. ‘He Hit Me Because I Broke Up With Him’.
'Jason Im Sorry...' I Said This Trying To Get Him To Calm Down...It Didnt Work, All He Said Was, SORRY? Your...SORRY? I Dont THINK SO Baby! The Only Thing You’ll Be Sorry About Iz Ever Flaunting Your Floosy Ass Around Me! He Said This Before Smacking Me Again. This Time I Stayed Quiet And Just Let The Tears Come. He Noticed This And Of Course Commented, Oh Your Gonna Cry Now And Think I’ll Feel Sympathetic? NO!’
‘He Smacked Me Again, And Did So For About 10 Minutes, The Smacks Getting Harder In Force Each Time. I Cried Harder Each Time His Hand Made Impact On My Face. We Were In The Hallway Of His Apartment Building, I Figured I’d Be Safer. But No One Came Out, Even When He Yelled. He Then Looked Straight In My Eyes With Anger And Held A Gaze For About 2 Minutes, Before Pushing Me Down The Stairs And Slamming The Door Of His Apartment As I Fell.’
I Cried So Hard, That I Had Difficulty Breathing. ‘Miss.Richardson, Im Sorry To Upset You...’ The Officer Said Putting His Hand Softly On My Bruised Arm. I Looked Up At Him. ‘Is He Going To Get Arrested?’ I Asked, I Realized Now That I Should Be Scared, In Case He Came After Me Again. ‘Yes, And He Wont Ever Hurt You Again!’ He Said Reading My Mind. We Talked For A Little Longer And He Left Me To Rest.
