"How....how was your day" 21 year old Chandler Taylor said softly from across the table, her 27 year old boyfriend of 3 years stopped eating and looked at her

"Fine" he said sternly, she looked at the half eaten steak on her plate, fighting back tears. She stood up and grabbed her plate, she took a wine glass from the table and grabbed the bottle of wine, she walked to the kitchen "did I say I was done with that" he yelled making her jump

"I'm sorry" she said walking back to the dining room, she poured more wine into his glass

"So you think you can just walk away from me" Noah yelled ramming his fist onto the wooden table. Chandler took a deep breath and walked to the end of the table

"I wasn't walking away" she said cleaning her area of the table, she looked over at her boyfriend who was glaring at her, she began to feel uncomfortable. She turned and within seconds she heard glass hit the wall, she turned back around to see a blur of him rush to her. She felt him grab her throat and throw her against the chair

"What did I say" he yelled, the tears pouring from the brunette's green eyes

"Noah please I can't breathe" she choked, he again threw her against a wall making her fall to the ground in pain "please" she sobbed grabbing the back of her head. She started to crawl away making it to a counter. She used the counter for support and stood up, she grabbed the knife "stop" she said turning to him, Noah laughed

"And what are you going to do" he said grabbing her again, he took the knife and threw it to the ground as he threw her onto a table making it break with the force of her 5 foot 6, 110 lbs body. She groaned and managed to untangle her body from the wreckage, she heard Noah laugh again. She knew she needed to escape, if she didn't he was going to kill her. She crawled to the knife as he grabbed her again, she then turned and stabbed with all her force. He let out a yell and fell to the ground, she stood up and ran out of the house, the rain was coming down hard making it hard to see and soaking her limp body. She ran to a house and banged on the door

"Please please open the door" she cried, the older lady opened the door

"Chandler come in, what happened are you ok" Mary asked shutting and locking the door "come here" she said pulling her to the guest bathroom, she wrapped a towl around the soaked girl as she cried. "Sweetheart what happened" the British lady asked helping her sit down on the toilet seat

"Noah....Noah....he....hit me...he pushed me....he choked me....he tried to kill me" she sobbed

"what! Where is he" Mary asked

"I stabbed him Mary, I didn't know what else to do"

"Chandler is he dead" she asked, the young girl shrugged her shoulders "we need to get you out of here, come here" she said leading her down to the basement "I'm gonna cut your hair and color it, we are gonna get you out of here" she said "stay here I will be back" she said, Chandler nodded as the tears fell. "Ok, we are sending you to our friend Anne's house" she said startling Chandler "she lives in Holmes Chapel in Cheshire"

"What" the small town American girl asked

"It's in England, George went back to the house to see if Noah was home or if his body is there" she said, Chandler shuddered at the thought of killing someone "if he isn't home he is going to grab your passport and a few things and we are going to take you tonight to the airport, Anne will get you from the airport tomorrow" she said beginning to cut the girls hair "Anne will set up work for you at the cafe down the street from her house, she has 2 children Gemma and Harry but they both live in London now, she has a guest house that you will be staying in" she said, Chandler nodded her head. "Everything will be alright Chandler, We will get everything sorted out here and let you know when you can come home" she said

"Thank you" she said trying to force a smile.

"I'm back, Chandler I have your passport! and a few things I thought you might need! we will send you the rest of your things soon" George said, Chandler looked up and nodded. She then looked in the mirror at her now short and blonde hair, she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath

"I told Anne what happened but she won't say a word not even to her husband or children" Mary said, Chandler nodded "you are going to go by Nikki"

"what if Noah finds me"

"he won't, we will keep a eye on him here" George said

"he's a detective though"

"I promise everything will be alright" Mary said

"was...was he home" Chandler asked, George sighed

"there was blood all over the dining room, the bathroom and your bedroom, but no he wasn't home" George said, Chandler wiped away the tears

"come on child, let's get you out of here" Mary said.