Maria looked at him as he spoke. "I hope so. I was so cold before. I'm beginning to warm up." She said truthfully. She looked to Coal. "I love animals. He...he would never let me have one." She said softly. Looking quite sad. Truthfully the one time she brought home an animal she had come home from work and the animal was "missing". In actuality she had learned he had tortured and killed her beautiful dog. That was the last time she tried physically bringing an animal home. She didn't want him to hurt another animal. Even though it made her sad. She had been dating her ex-fiance a couple years before she was made into an actress. He hadn't known she lived on the street. She had kept that from him.<br/><br/>When she became an actress he convinced her to move in with him. So she had gone from streets to a house that sheltered her from the cold. That was at sixteen. That is when the abuse slowly began starting. At first it was verbal. Just belittling and constantly yelling at her over little things. It slowly grew into something worse. It slowly became physical. Him jerking her around by her hair. Grabbing her by the wrist harshly and in a vise grip and dragging her along. Shaking her. From there it turned into him physically hitting her. Usually in places that didn't show. She had become so afraid of him. Then she ended up pregnant at seventeen. Only six months before her eighteenth birthday. At first he tried to make her miscarry. Then he decided he wanted the baby so he stopped doing anything to hurt her.<br/><br/>When the baby was born she had come to the realization she didn't love him. That she didn't want to marry him. That she needed to break off the engagement and escape him for her daughters sake. It had taken a month before she could break it off pubically so he couldn't beat the shit out of her. Then she had left while he was out of the house. Taken her daughter and her old car...and ran. Never looking back or trying to say goodbye to anyone at all.<br/><br/>She shook her head to clear her thoughts. It was her daughter which gave her the courage and the strength to escape. She watched him leave. Once he was gone she took off her wet tee shirt. Slipping off her sweats as well. She undid the bra once she heard a door close. Laying it beside the fireplace with the other two articles of clothing. Her underwear was wet as well so she slipped it off. Her lower half smooth and hairless due to the times she had needed to wear a bikini. She pulled on his sweat pants. Taking a stretch band and tied the pants on the side into a knot with the band. That way they would stay up and not fall off if she needed to go the bathroom. She then slipped on the sweatshirt. It hug off her shoulders and rested there. Sort of like a shoulder top. At least it hid the fact she wasn't wearing a bra. Her breasts stayed perking and didn't droop despite their fairly large size. She laid her underwear by her bra in front of the fireplace.<br/><br/>Moving over to the pallet and slid under the blankets. Curling up on her side and drape an arm over her daughter's waist. Falling asleep as soon as her head hit the makeshift pillow Thankfully for the most part her daughter slept most of the night. Around four am the baby woke up and started crying. Which instantly woke her up. She checked her diaper and it was fine. She lifted up the sweatshirt under the blanket. Taking off the heavy jacket from her daughter. Taking her and held her to her breast. Letting her daughter get her meal. Holding her baby tenderly. "Shhh shhh. Mommy's here." She whispered. Hearing the crying turn to soft whimpers before going to happy cooing. Once her daughter had her fill she pulled her away. Wiping her mouth with her hand. She began singing to her softly to get her back to sleep. Closing her eyes again once the baby was asleep<br/><br/><object height="360" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YjOORgl_YoM"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><embed height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/YjOORgl_YoM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" wmode="transparent"/></object>