My Quiet Neighbor

I'm Geraldine 30 married 1 child, back in 2019, me and my then partner Kevin into together. It was a 3 bedroom house in a quiet area of the city. Kevin was self confidence person who like to be in control of everything and I soon found out that meant me as well. He changed from person I thought he was to a controlling cruel person and everything I did I needed his permission to do it. But we had a neighbor who was very quiet and I'd seen just once or twice in the months we were there. He looked average and we hadn't even spoken till the Kevin got fired from job. He came home in a rage, Kevin done body building and karate and he blamed me for him losing his job. It was all my fault he called the boss names and had been drunk. The boss fired him and had security remove him from the building. Once home he turned his anger onto me and hit me knocking me to floor. As he turned to pick up something to hit me with, I got up and ran into the backyard. With Kevin following me I called for help, Kevin caught me and hit me again and knocking me to the ground. As he went to kick me he was pulled away by our quiet neighbor David. Told him to calm down and leave me alone, Kevin told David to butt out or he will badly hurt. Kevin then tried to punch David and ended up on the ground himself. It was a shock to Kevin that someone could do that to him, he got up grabbing a steel framed chair and tried hit David with it and was put down again. Kevin was now furious and said he would kill us both, but the police arrived and took Kevin away. He was given a year to sought himself out in prison. They found he wasn't just drunk, he was on drugs as well. In the mean time I had to find another home as the landlord evicted me for us causing trouble in the neighborhood, I could afford the rent by myself anyway. I moved in with David and during the pandemic lockdown I joined him in his bed and I'm now married to David and have a daughter.