Chapter 596 - Such News (9)

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8 June, Bronwyn's on-base accommodation, City K

Bronwyn gasped in shock.

John continued "She survived the fall, but because he had publicly attempted to kill her, he could not claim that it was his exercise of marital rights.  He was arrested, and she was rushed to hospital.  The police file says she refused to go into surgery unless the police took a detailed statement from her about what he had done to her.  The statement details months of horrific degrading abuse, marital r.a.p.e, beatings, and so much else that it turns anyone who knows about it stomach.  The statement was enough to give the police the ability to at least raid the home, because some of the abuse could not be called as part of normal marital relations."

"What they found, showed even the statement to be an understatement of the abuse.  Most of it was not admissible, but there was some that was.  The poor girl, while she survived the surgery was never going to walk again.  The fall had damaged her spinal cord and made her a paraplegic.  What did her husband in, was when he found out about her state, was he got into the hospital and to her room and using a pillow smothered her to death, simply because he did not want a burden he could continue to abuse as he had been.  He was caught doing that and screaming out that she deserved to die because he needed a wife that was his to abuse as he saw fit."

Something clicked for Bronwyn.  From her studies there was the famous case that lifted much of the shield that had existed in the law about what happened in a marital relationship.  Those words were the key.  "I remember learning about the case.  The trial happened in the capital and everything was done not to identify the family, so the perpetrator was prosecuted under an assumed name.  It said when the reasoning for murder or manslaughter was because of the marital relationship everything about the marital relationship was open to the court to hear, because that impacted the crime, guilt and the sentence to be imposed."

John nodded.  "We were taught about the policing involved in the case when I was at the academy.  We got more information of course, but the names remained shielded.  I only realised who it was afterwards when I recalled the reasons my friends decided to help me."

John paused, before continuing "I was reassured by my friends promises, because the one thing I knew about them was that in all the time I had know them for was that they had never broken a promise to me.  They have also proved that again and again to me since then.  On the Monday, Madam Mo came with her husband for dinner.  For Kevin Mo it was about business, and he went off for a meeting afterwards with my father in his study.  Sally, called mother away which gave Madam Mo her opportunity to move in.  She was furious that I had ignored her messages demanding that I come to her home because she wanted s*x."

"Before I could retort, she reminded me that I better watch my words, because she had some of those images with her that she would easily give to my parents before they left and then report me to the police.  I took the threat seriously, in terms of revealing it to my parents.  I did not want them humiliated in their own home, so apologised to her and making a vague promise that I would come and see her later in the week, before saying my friends had asked me to pass on their number to her.  That, I could see excited her."

"She left me alone for a few days, because she was having fun with my friends, before calling my parents on the Friday, suggesting that she needed to have a heart to heart with me.  Sally had some competition of some sort on that weekend in the capital, and both Mother and Father were going with her.  They told Madam Mo of this and suggested that she come and talk to me if she thought it would help."

"For an abuser that was perfect."

John nodded.  "My parents had no idea what they were inviting to happen in their home.  I had no idea, and I had told them to give all the staff the weekend off.  I was quite capable with the skills I had in looking after myself for a couple of days without help.  Imagine my surprise though, when less than two hours after my parents and Sally left and an hour after the last staff member went on their weekend break who should show up, and corner me in my room."

"The b*tch!"

"You have that right.  There was just something about her the moment I realised that she was there that told me that the hellish life she had me in for a couple of weeks was soon to come to an end.  Shutting the door behind her, she stripped herself and stated you have one way out.  You do what I say, how I say it all weekend, no questions asked, and you get what you want as a favour for introducing me to those two.  You refuse, and I will never leave you alone, and if you ever try and make trouble for me you will find yourself in prison for the rest of your life."

"Those were scary words to any normal eighteen-year-old, let alone one who was about to formally join the police.  The stories of police members who end in jail are not pretty, they are lucky to live a year before they are killed."

Bronwyn paused John and said "I think I know what you did…"

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