‘You have one life, Beth. You need to leave him and enjoy being alive again.’
‘It’s not that simple.’
‘But better than living in fear. Or hiding these.’
Mary tugged up a sleeve to reveal a bruise.
Beth yanked it down again.
‘He’s just under a lot stress. Occasionally he flips.’
‘Stop making excuses for him. Lots of people are under pressure but they don’t smack their partners about.’
‘He doesn’t smack me about.’
‘And those bruises made themselves.’
‘Mary, just leave it.’
‘I will when you leave him.’
‘You know, I can’t.’
‘Won’t is not the same as can’t.’
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.
1 comment:
Oh, this is powerful, Rob. And it captures a whole set of really difficult challenges when it comes to domestic abuse.
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