Insatiable by Ursula Dukes

impossible. At least for the time being anyway.
    "Please tell her that I hope she's okay and that I'll call her later, just to check on her."
    Rosie and Mari nodded their heads and led him out. The two made their way to the guest room and gently knocked.
    "Everything alright?" They both asked and eased their way inside. Aurora stood staring out the window as the two approached.
    "Everything is fine. Just had a bad run-in with an ignorant loser that's all. I'll be fine, I promise. I just needed a moment," she said and took a deep breath.
    "No matter how much I hope that some people will change its inevitable that they just refuse to take a look in the mirror and say, "It's me, I'm the one who's got the problem. I'm the one who is the bully, the one who is so insecure about my own life that I have to degrade the woman that I claim to love."
    Mari came closer and rested a hand on her shoulder.
    "You're right Aurora; some people won't change not because they can't but because they won't. They don’t think that they have any reason to change. Take Ronnie for instance, I bet right now he's going about his business working and drinking and still blaming me for every wrong thing that has happened in his life. Why? Because it's easier for him to blame me than to blame himself. Well I for one am done with being blamed.
    I don’t care if I wind up penniless and alone, I'm alive and that's all I need. I was on the edge, but I wouldn’t let Ronnie push me over."
    For the first time in a long time, Mari felt triumphant. "I'm proud of you," Rosie beamed for her friend.
    "The both of you are well on your way to getting your lives back. You've got your freedom and soon, you'll have your redemption." Aurora smiled at them.
    "You've taken the first step, and that, you both know is the hardest. Everything else is just going to fall into place," she said and took hold of their hands.
    "Thanks for thinking of me, friends. I know that you both have a lot on your minds. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
    "We are all going to be okay," Rosie grinned. "We're all going to be okay."
    Liam couldn’t stop thinking about Aurora. He hoped that she was alright and at that moment, wished that he'd done a bit more than just comply with her wishes.  I should have socked that guy in his fat fucking mouth , he thought angrily to himself.  The fucker needs to be taught a lesson and this time I won't let anyone stop me.
    He didn’t know why he was having such strong feelings against the guy, yes he did. This Ken person had disrespected a woman, but not just any woman; it was a woman who he wanted very much to get to know. And had Ken not insulted her, Liam was sure that he and Aurora would have had a very nice day.
    The guy had been downright vulgar, and it reminded him of the way his father used to treat his mother. He remembered one time when he was ten years old, his mother and father had just come home from having dinner with some friends. At first everything seemed to be alright, but once his father paid the babysitter and sent her on her way, all hell broke loose.
    He remembered his father screaming and yelling at his mother, telling her that she was a louse and a no good whore. He said that she had been flirting with a man while they were at the dinner party, and it made him look bad. Even though his mother vehemently denied ever having such a conversation with any man, his father continued shouting at her.
    He had gotten so afraid for his mother that he climbed out of bed, he wanted to help her in any way that he could. And when he reached the middle of the stairs, Liam saw his father remove his belt and begin striking heavy, thunderous blows onto his wife's back. The screaming was earth shattering, but it seemed to spur his father on even more.
    Liam tried to shut his eyes and cover his ears, but it was no use, his mother's cries carried over his small hands and eyelids.
    Then just as suddenly as he had begun, his father stopped