My Husband Needs a Lecture

al, and I either pointed a knife at his n

release some venomous-lo

idn't dare yell at me. Instead, he'd admit his

reated him like he ha

of you, where would I ever find a

derstood why victims of domest

when I met Sean on a blind date. He was a ha

and his gentleness, and under his

changed on our

rowned deeply. "It's late at nig

re I could react, the be

cry out, "Sean,

nd kept hitting me. Terrif

and no matter how hard I

ing glare. "Mabel, you bitch. You're asking for it. I lo

must have misunderstood some

rds sent a chil

sn't the emcee good-looking? You could

man was the emcee. I was just lis

rder. "Mabel, how dare you talk back when I cal

ng-legged frame, the traits I once loved

for mercy. In the end, he beat me until I

ide, he reached for me. I flinched in fear, bu

e at my clothes without hesitation. "I'll spare you t

endure his violence. My lack of response

llowed him to abuse me,

l my cries of pain finally brou

r death. I swore to myself that I

etaliate, he tied me up tightly

body aching, my mind racin

body made it impossible

ily and, seeing the fear in my e

'll kill your entire family." After saying this, he untied the belt binding me,

he was a gentle, refined man. How had

et me tell you something. If you behave, I'll treat you like

going back to tell your parents. If you're not afr

my parents were in poor health

ar Sean wouldn't le

ke breakfast. But my whole body ached,

red, tear-filled eyes and slapped me hard. Grab

round of violence. In the end, he presse

ehave. By then, I was numb from the beatings, t

entirely, his parents called, ann