I awoke with a start. The room was white and seemed very bright. I looked
around the room and noticed there were two men there I have not seen before.
One was an older gentleman, with a mustaceh and gray hair. He had warm
chestnut brown eyes. The other gentleman was young and very handsome. He had
blonde hair and blue eyes. He was tanned, and about 5 foot 8 in height.
"Where am I, what happend?" I asked.
The older man answered," You are at Baptist hospital, You were brought in
two weeks ago with multiple injuries. You were attacked by Mr. Jake Miller."
It all rushed back in a flurry. You were at home in your living room, on
the phone to your best freind Christy. You heard a car pull up. You got off
the phone to greet Jake at the door. He was in a nasty mood. You greeted him
with a kiss on the lips and an I love you. He grunted back at you and pushed
you out of the way. He went to the kitchen. Dinner was almost ready. The
table had been set perfectly. Jake was angry. He shouted at you for not
haveing dinner ready. You tried to explain but he lost his temper. He began
to hit you. This time it was different. It was much more brutal. He wailed
and wailed even harder with each blow. Then before you knew it all was black.
You then wake up and you are in the hospital, from a two week coma.
"I remember" I said and began to cry as the thoughts reminded me of that
terrible night. I looked down and saw that my arm and left leg were in casts.
There were flowers all over the room, balloons and teddy bears were all over
too. You noticed they were from your mother, brother, and Christy. Also
people from all over town.
"Ms. Greene, we came here to chat with you, I am agent Johnson and this
is agent Molder. We are from the FBI. We are here to get Jake in prison, and
we need your help to do it."
"I don't know, Jake is dangerous. He will kill me if I turn him in. I
would rather go home and have him beat me than do that."
"Ma'am, I know how hard this is on you but you have too. If you testify
against him for the abuse and the drug possesions, we will protect you any
way we can."
"What kind of protection do you mean?"
"The witness protection program. It is your safestet bet. We will change
any exsistence of Samantha Greene and move you elsewhere and get you started
over again."
"What about my family? I don't want to leave them!"
"We understand but its either that or your death. We will also protect
them. In fact we may be able to arrange to have them to be in touch with
you, even though it is very unorthodox. We are begging you Ms. Greene. Help
us."
I sat there and thought about their propsotion. I agreed and testified
against Jake. He was sentenced to prison for 6 years with parole availability
in 3 years.
As Jake was leaving to go to jail he have a look that said that he would
come back for me. I was so frightened. I went home for the last meal with my
family. I was not to tell them about my new life. I could send letters to the
FBI, who would send them to mom and my brother Harry. I was a stranger now,
to myself and my family.
That night, I packed what little belongings I had and said my good byes.
I left in a black van and went to the airport. On the way there, Agent Molder
and Johnson told me my new life.
"You are now Ms. Gail Lynn Potter. You are from the midwest, in Oklohoma,
and moved to Apollo Beach Florida to help your sick grandmother, who passed
away in June. You decided to stay, since you had no other family back home.
Your are orphaned. You folks died in a car crash when you were five and you
were an only child. Your dad had no family to speak of and your mother only
had her mother who raised you after their death. You work in a library with
illiterate children."
"Okay, I got it"
I reached the airport. I said my goodbyes to the men who changed me. I
was a new person, a stranger to myself. They gave me an envelope with a new
birth certificate, and all the new information to start my new life. I
boarded the plane and went to Florida. That is where my story begins.