The story of my life β I'll call myself "Alicia Moore," not my real name β since I turned 19 is proof that truth is stranger than fiction. Undoubtedly part of the bad things that happened to me were due to the fact that at 19 I was a completely confrontation-averse person who had led a sheltered life, and maybe could even be described as a milquetoast; but mostly I was just a victim of evil.
I lived a nightmare (not counting my marriage) for almost a year. I probably would have been scarred for life if not for some fortuitous circumstances during my ordeal. My lawsuit against the County is still on-going, but my suit against my ex-husband and his girlfriend has been terminated in my favor, so I'm getting my pound of flesh from those assholes.
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I was just too young and naΓ―ve when I married Deputy Sheriff Justin Grimes of Apricot County (all names have been changed in this story to protect the guilty, but the facts are accurate). As a sheltered 19 year old I had no business marrying a worldly 27 year old, but the sex was good and we seemed to be compatible. By the time that I was 21 I knew that I had made a huge mistake. Some of the many reasons for that were: he became very controlling about everything; he wanted me to quit college β even though I was paying for it with a partial scholarship, a part time job, and personal loans β and get a full time menial job; he insisted on maintaining separate bank accounts and I had to virtually beg him for money to buy groceries, even though they were for both of us and I was always tasked with the reasonability of preparing meals; and he seemed to have a wandering eye and showed no respect for my feelings in social situations.
The coup de grace β I guess I really should have expected it β was when I came home to the condo we had purchased, with half the down payment supplied by my parents even though they couldn't really afford it β from class on a Monday afternoon at an expected time (that is, NOT an unexpected time). I found him in our bed fucking some tramp who I later identified as Misty Hart. I screamed! As he continued to pump away he told me to "get the fuck out." I called him a fucking asshole and her a whore. The asshole actually waited until he busted his nut before he climbed out of bed with his cock still dripping, and shoved me out of the room, and into a wall in the hall.
"If you weren't such a bad fuck I wouldn't have to do this you miserable cunt," were his words of explanation. "Now leave until I'm finished with round three and then maybe I'll let you suck my cock."
With that he pushed me into the wall again, and left bruise marks on my arms from where he grabbed me in order to shove me into the wall.
I called the cops. The two who arrived both knew Justin. I don't know what ridiculous story that he gave them β because they insisted on talking to him alone β but after a few minutes of discussion with Justin they both chuckled. When they came back to me they said "Sorry Alicia but we don't get involved in verbal arguments between spouses."
"What are you talking about," I whined. "Don't you see these bruises on my arms, and I'm sure that my back is red and sore from being banged into a wall twice."
"You could have bruised your arms some other way, and we just can't take your word for it," one of the cops snickered.
I started crying, and they simply left.
Justin and Misty were both smirking at me from the doorway to the condo.
I got in my car and drove to my parents' house, as distraught as I'd ever been. The next day while Justin was at work I got all of my things β I had to miss class because it required two trips in my small car β out of the condo, and though they could ill afford it my parents paid for a divorce attorney to file papers. Justin was served β at the Sheriff's office β on Friday.
The worst part of my nightmare started shortly after that.
Justin made it as difficult as possible in the divorce. He made all sorts of claims that weren't true, and delayed things as best he could just to torture me and drive up the costs. In the meanwhile he had moved that tramp Misty into our condo. When driving I got pulled over twice by Apricot County cops for phony reasons, and even though I didn't get tickets β because I had done nothing wrong β they were obnoxious and harassing. I also got two bogus parking tickets that I eventually defeated, although I had to spend several hours in going to traffic court to contest them and then still got hit with "court costs."
The divorce had been going on for about five months β with little progress even though Justin obviously no longer wanted to be married to me, and I even heard rumors that his whore was pregnant, which subsequently turned out to be false β when just as one of my classes at college ended two detectives came into my classroom and loudly announced that I was being arrested for various cybercrimes.
As I was crying, protesting, and being led away fortunately one of my female friends collected my books and papers and told me that she'd take care of them. The cops had my laptop and also asked for my smartphone. As they were leading me out one of the cops smirked "Justin says hi."
Never having been even to the principal's office I was such a "good girl" and so trouble-averse, I sobbed uncontrollably in the interview room. Fortunately I had the wherewithal to deny everything, and when I dissolved into a puddle of weeping self-pity on the interview room floor, they stopped questioning me and put me in the county lock-up.
For some reason it took two days for there to be a court appearance. The public defender I was assigned seemed like she got out of law school the week before, and she was as intimidated by the proceedings as I was. I found that the crimes I was being charged with all related to that slut Misty Hart.
Allegedly I had set up numerous email accounts and sent all sorts of threatening emails to Misty β whose full name I didn't even know until the hearing β with the seminal event that precipitated my arrest a posting on Craigslist about a rape fantasy gang bang, giving Misty's name and the address of my former condo. According to Misty (subsequently proven false) two guys actually showed up and attacked her in the condo's garage and she somehow managed to escape and call 911, with her blouse ripped and scratch marks on her shoulders and arms.
The judge set bail at an impossible amount for my parents to post β it sure looked like the fix was in β so I ended up back in county lockup.
Jail was horrific. It would be horrible for anyone, but for a sheltered milquetoast like I was at the time it was beyond ghastly. I was constantly picked on and intimidated by the other inmates and guards, and was even smacked around a couple of times. The fact that I cried as a result probably didn't help my situation.
Then β when I had been in jail for sixteen days β my life changed.
One of my three cellmates was slapping me around while the other two snickered when I snapped. I don't really remember all of the details, but I do remember that I somehow got her by the hair and smashed her face into the metal pole support for the upper bunk. That caught her by surprise and may have knocked her delirious if not unconscious. I just kept on smashing her face into the pole, time and again.
The other cell mates called for the guards and when they couldn't easily pull me off β it was like I had the strength of Samson β one of them Tasered me.
I woke up in the infirmary handcuffed to the bed with the jailhouse doctor looking me over.
After talking to me a few minutes and testing my vitals the doctor said that I could return to lockup. However, the Sheriff (Justin's boss and friend) was there and he insisted that I be taken to the police station and interrogated about "my assault of an innocent cellmate" with the idea of charging me with felony assault and battery.
While being led to the police station I felt totally different than I ever had before. There were no tears β I was simply pissed; and I felt empowered since I saw my bleeding tormenter cellmate unconscious in another bed in the infirmary as I was led away.
When I got to the interview room one of the two cops who initially arrested me β the one who said "Justin says hi," whose name was Detective Smith β came into the room with a young guy that I had never seen before.
"Do you remember me Alicia?" Smith asked with a condescending smile.
"Yeah β you're Detective SHIT, a fat fuck with a micro-penis," I shot back.
He was taken aback. "You're in big trouble..." he started to sneer.
I shot back "You're the one who's going to be in trouble, you stupid shit-for-brains blimp, when I get through with you."
The "interview" degenerated into a shouting match. I couldn't believe it but I was giving better than I got. The young guy was sitting there with a bemused look on his face. At one point I yelled "Listen, Detective Shit, why don't you go stick your micro-penis in a gerbil like you do most nights after work instead of harassing me."
I swear that Detective Shit lost his cool and would have hit me if the young guy hadn't intervened. Fuming, Shit told the young guy "Stay here and watch this bitch; I'll be back," and then exited. Shit gave me a dirty look as he exited β I gave him the finger and said "Say hi to Justin, fat fuck."
Once he was gone I looked closely at the young guy. He was neat, clean, and nice looking, and had a smile on his face. He obviously had considered the proceedings good entertainment. I gave him a genuine smile and tried to look as alluring as I could in my orange jumpsuit.
"I didn't get your name or why you're here," I smiled holding my hand out to him. "I'm Alicia Moore β I guess technically still Alicia Grimes until my name-change is approved by the court."
He shook my hand, and I was sure to hold his longer than was appropriate, and even raked a finger across his palm when I finally let go. His smile got bigger.
"Hi; I'm Paul Jenkins. I'm getting my Masters in Criminal Justice and got an internship with the Apricot County Police Department for three months. I get to observe all aspects of police work; I have to say that this is the most interesting activity I have observed β including a couple of drug busts β in the two weeks that I've been on the job," he laughed.