Damsel in Distress

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10AM. The office phone rang, my 76 year old boss spoke in a rush requesting me to pick up a female client waiting at Ross. Across from our office.
In this icing rain? Really?
Anyways, I arrived and in walked a beautiful, large round-eyed woman in her 25s to early 30s, buckling herself inside my messy car.
Younger than I expected ( our clients are usually 40s+) Definitely prettier than expected.

Anyways, I found out she's in for a divorce against her abusive husband. She was smart enough to save images of her and her son's bruised faces to use as evidence.

She's 30. Been in the US for a year. Abused, beaten, and controlled by her husband. She claimed he would not let her learn English nor drive her to work. She wanted to work so she just go to Eden ( a shopping center I do NOT go to lol, full of them Vietnamese people & several sketchy places after dark.)

The lawyer supposedly handling her case was out of the office. I simply took down her information. I offered her advices such as seeking a local shelter, obtaining a driver's license and definitely call 911 if he lays her hand on her again before she finalizes her decision to go on with the divorce. ( She came in for a consultation only)

Battered wives cases just anger me to no end.
The browned eyed lady, Pearl( her name), glanced up at me with her doll eyes. "I don't speak English? What do I say to the police?"

Aidan: Well, first, get yourself out of the house, run to another neighbor's house for safety/witness. Give them this note. ( I jotted down a note briefly explaining her situation & for whoever she comes to to phone the police.)

Pearl/Client: What if they block my entrance? Take the home phone? Is it ok if I wait for things to simmer down then phone you instead, Aidan?

( Against all senses....I can see my female side just giving me dead glares right now.)

Aidan: -smiles- Most definitely. Worst case scenario, PHONE the police first, if you still need me. You have my number.

( Female side: -facepalms- really, Aidan? Do you know how much responsibility and how dangerous that might get?)

Hahah long story short. I knew the client had been paying someone else to be her driving instructor. I offered to be her driving instructor, free of charge. Knowing how to drive is the first step toward freedom. I told her that a beautiful woman like herself should have men lining up at her feet, waiting for her command, not an asshole who beats her.

( Female side: I will strangle you. You know precisely what happened when you taught another damsel in distress how to drive. ( I taught another girl with abusive, controlling family issues who was my close high school friend at the time) lol let's just said I kept a calm face while having a panic attack inside. Female drivers...)...Hero complex? Maybe a little.

Alright. I dropped the client off where she asked me to. ( <<<not a part of job description...but well my boss asked me to & I would have anyways.)
------- Here comes battle with female side------------------------------------------

Aidan: Ok, I'm sorry, but battered wife, helpless, alone in this foreign place? You want me to look the other way?

Cam: -deadly glare- How about, uh, yes? Let the office handle her situation instead of getting involved personally?

Aidan: I'm not getting involved personally, just giving her the option of knowing, that help is available if needed. I'm not doing a long term attachment. Simply showing her how to drive first, help her apply to a shelter...where adequate personnel will handle her situation.

Cam: If she calls for you to come get her as her husband is beating her. Then what?

Aidan: I...come get her? Hahah...

Cam: YOU...udkjfhd....*strangling air* If he tries to fight you, then what?

Aidan: AHHAAHAH~Scream like a liddo beetch and crai! What else? I'm kidding. He beats women...ahah Do I look like a woman to you? =) I'm pretty sure even YOU can handle him. In any case, I'm not fighting anyone, I'm simply getting her out to safety, phone the police, because I speak English. And probably serve as a witness.

Cam:-unamused smirk-(she scares me seriously)....and offering DRIVING LESSONS? What about our own busy work schedules, school and private life? Not to mention if she crashes the car—

Aidan: -sighs and takes crazy female side by the hands- Are you listening to yourself? We're are so busy absorbed in our own lives to have to think twice about giving a hand to someone in need. I'm not even offering an arm or a leg. Just my time.

Cam: Idk....I just...there's something about her I just can't trust. I can't put my finger on it. There's something...first of all. I NEVER trust girls whose lips bend so much when she talks ( signs of a liar) and her tiny, squeaky girly voices. It's like...she's hiding something. I don't trust those kind of girls. Of course, you're an idiot who's blinded by her cutesy, helpless, damsel in distress act to see.

Aidan: Hahah, how about I tell you what's wrong. I doubt I'd be the one she calls.

First of, client claimed to be in love, 6 years of marriage, no ring on finger. Not even an indentation mark on finger for someone who wears the ring often. So she removes her ring often. Why?
( Her "husband" supposedly dropped her off at Ross, where I met her. A husband who is oblivious to his wife meeting a divorce lawyer would definitely be suspicious/piss at the lack of a ring.~ So~ who dropped her off that she had to take the ring off?)

2nd, She mentioned the only gift ever received from her husband was their rings. He gives her like 10 bucks to go to the market each time and even let her walk by herself in the cold to get groceries.

3rd, she has no real job. Just working whatever is available at Eden center, dishes, to working at cafes. ( A shopping center full of Vietnamese people, restaurants and sketchy "cafes" with girls parading in their revealing outfits & prostitution after dark).

Well then. Maybe she took the ring off due to her hands constantly being in the water. I doubt, however, doing dishes can pay for that North Face she's wearing.

If the husband is a complete asshole, then where's that North Face coming from? She's here without relative, and only a female friend ( "I just met her...I don't really know if I can trust her." Pearl stated) I wouldn't gift a North Face to a stranger, would you?

SO~ lover? Or perhaps generous perverted men at the cafes she work at tip very, very well. Who knows.

4th, women who speak about her abusive husbands, yet still love him, usually tell their stories in conflicting tears of betrayal, hurt and anger. She was calm, collected and mostly angered.

I doubt she's lying about the abuse. I doubt she's telling the complete truth about still loving him etc. I doubt her marriage was initially out of love. However, to obtain that divorce and extended green card, a girl gotta say whatever she gotta say. Love...etc...having us on her side.

Anyways, I seriously doubt I'd be the one she'd call to help ;).

Cam:....knowing that...you still offered her help?

Aidan: I'm a complete idiot. My fatal flaws. But she happens to cross our paths. Whatever her reasons may be, who cares. If she's not completely honest, who cares. All I know is, a man should never lay a hand on a woman. For whatever reason she wants out of the marriage, that's her problem. If it's within our power to help her stand free, why not?

Cam:.....If you were the one in power 70% of the time. You'd totally be one of them friendzoned idiots that girls run to when they have boyfriends problems then completely desert you afterward...

Aidan: If I'm not here 30% of the time, you'd be a callused, cold-hearted, full of trust issues of a girl. Admit it, you enjoy my existence. The stupidity of my constant white knighting...=) You nearly feel human.
Also, had there been more idiot white knights like me...maybe you won't hate "Royal Blue" as much.

Cam: Be ready to grab your armor, Mr.Knight, when that phone rings at 3AM. Or give up our weekends giving driving lesson and perhaps die from heart attacks. ( if not from an actual fatal crash) Again.

Aidan: You're cute when you're mad.

Cam: Save that shiet, sweet talks ain't got nothing on me.

Aidan: Are you sure I'm the male side?

_________________and the narcissistic self-debate ends________________________

Sorry to bore/waste your time with this. lol

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Arisa102's avatar
Haha~ I love looking at your gallery and journals. They make me laugh so much and that makes me feel better when I'm down!
I like both Aidan and Cam, and together they are the best~