James. Are you willing to get out of the situation you’re in now?” Dr. Dustin Stevens had made it a point to help me every time I’ve been admitted to the hospital; he had even made several house calls for me, and figured out what was going on a long time ago. If I considered myself to have any friends, Doc would be the one. He has tried to talk me into leaving Chuck numerous times, but I didn’t have a way to leave him. He wouldn’t let me work, so I didn’t have any money of my own, not to mention a car. When my mother died she left me some money, but Chuck had control of the bank accounts, so I never saw any of it.“You know what happened last time, Doc.” I replied in a scratchy voice. Along with four broken ribs, a broken arm, and a healing stab wound to my abdomen, my whole throat was black and blue from the hand that squeezed it until I had passed out. “He finds me no matter where I go. In his line of work he could find me no matter where I went.”Dr.
