Domestic Violence

Within days I received a call from JD. Threatening me, telling me he's going to gut me. He's going to blow up my family house. If anyone finds out she's his. He will come after me so hard I'll wish I were dead. The workers at the shelter overheard him screaming at me. By the end of that conversation the police was there. A woman from the DV shelter came strolling in. They packed us up, loaded us all in their van. JD decided to follow us. He wouldn't stop tracking us. So the police pulled him over. He lost his temper. During that time the program used the distraction to leave. So that he couldn't follow us. The police also put up a block to redirect traffic. That way he really couldn't find and follow us. Not long after that blockage the van pulled over. They had us switch to a car. It had tinted windows and genuinely beautiful on the inside. They took out our bags and put it in the trunk. We quickly got the kids into the car in their carseats. Then we continued in the car. We went pretty high up in the mountains. I can't really say much of anything else about it. Aside from it was huge, very privately created and secluded. When I got there. I signed all types of paperwork. Then we were taken to our room. I had a full sized bed and a bassinet connected to it. My boys had floor beds with wooden type fencing around it. Both beds were separated by the wooden gate like fencing. They also had a swinging door . So I guess you could call it a extremely upgraded playpen sleeping area. In our room we had our own bathroom, mini fridge and mini kitchen. A very tiny living room. However the bedroom was huge. It was similar to a large living room area. The actual living room was a little smaller than that. It had a small TV, small couch and small table. There was 3 high chairs in it. My cupboard had been filled with kid loving meals. Vienna sausage, lots of noodles, Mac and cheese, saimin/ ramen noodles, pertains pan pizza kits, chips both normal and healthy. In the mini fridge we had juices, water, milk, yogurt, premixed formula, eggs, and a few other things. On the counter there was a small coffee machine, sugar, coffee and creamer, rice cooker, slow cooker, microwave and a few other kitchen supplies. Like can opener, cutting board, 2 knives.. Beside the counter was a small stand alone freezer. It was about the size of a mini fridge. In it had more kid favorites. Ice cream, ice pops, TV dinners, chicken nuggets, hot dogs and the likes. Once we were settled in my room phone rang. It was the program workers. They needed me to bring the kids and go to the common room. Every week they have 3 group meetings. It's where they assign chores and schedule activities. There were a bunch of children there on the other side of the room in the corner. There was a huge chunk of it turned into a baby play area. Small sliced, tiny kitchen, ball pit and a bunch of other toys of all types. All guarded behind a built in baby gate. So they had me put my boys in the gate and my girl stayed with me. Since she was an infant and asleep. They didn't say anything when I said I would hold onto her. Then I heard a familiar voice.