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“Thirteen I was on my period and I’m always more dramatic then”

“And your frienddid you remain in contact after that?”

Sometimes the best way to see the full picture of a person was to see how others treated theed them

Not always

Because victims treated poorly by abusers tended to invite those into their lives ould repeat the treatment It was the pattern of abuse Insidious hell

She kneell now

Being treated poorly didn’t mean you were bad But it could

“Yeah, ere in contact It wasn’t like I meant to hit her She knew that We were, like, best friends all through school We’ve lost touch, but we’re friends on Facebook”

“You work in finance, right?” Lacey asked

“Yeah”

“So you have a degree?”

“Yeah, I went to Cal State That’s where I met Jem, actually”

“He went to college?”

“Are you kidding? He has a master’s in business administration”

He owned a construction co in his truck behind the driver’s seat She’d figured he’d worked his way up