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--- =><= (text-style: "smear")[It starts with [[that night you saw him.]]] <== --- =><= <img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/9b6ec5b67c5b27f05de432abda94279a/tumblr_neayzqSMGt1tgj7qlo1_500.gif" /> <== ######Warning: Game is about domestic abuse. ######You're never alone. Don't be afraid to reach for (link: "help")[(open-url: "http://www.thehotline.org/")]

you wear a short, mid-thigh, Off the Shoulder, (color:#990000)[red] bodycon dress. he says you look beautiful. he opens doors for you. pays for the bill. he smiles and laughs at your jokes. he kisses you softly at the [[end of the night]]

[[you go on a second date]]

once again, everything goes perfectly. he's such a gentleman. you like him a lot. he asks you to be [[exclusive]]

you both finally exchange the three little words. <span style='font-family: Apple Chancery'>[["i love you'']]</span>

everything is perfect. you're young and in love. you drifted away from your friends but at least you have him. he's your best friend and the only person you need in your [[life]]

you get into a small argument. he pushes you away from him. you [[go back up to him to try to work it out]] you [[eat alone and go to sleep]]

"leave me alone. i'm tired," he says. you don't talk to him for the rest of the night. you eat in silence. he takes his food to the living room and watches tv. you clean up after him. he [[drunkenly]] trudges upstairs to the bedroom

you go to sleep hoping to [[work it out]] in the morning

weeks pass and he drinks every night after work. "just need something to get my mind off things at work" he tells you when you ask him why he's [[drinking]]

when you first met him, he told you he doesn't drink. his dad was an abusive alcoholic and he doesn't want to [[end up like him.]]

you're invited to your friends wedding. you wear that red bodycon dress he likes. he stops you when he sees you. "go change," he tells you. [[you go change]] [[you question why]]

you change into a long blue maxi dress. he smiles in approval when he sees you and you both [[go to the wedding]]

"it's too short. you look like you're asking for it," he says. it's the dress you wore on your first date. the one he told you he look beautiful in. it used to be his favourite. you fight. he breaks a glass on the floor. your friend calls to ask where you guys are. you tell her you should be there soon. you both [[go to the wedding]]

when you get home from the wedding, he pours a drink. he's moved onto [[whiskey]] now.

you get into a [[fight]]

he slaps you accross [[your face]]

you wake up the next morning with a (text-style: "smear")[bruise] under your eye. when you go to work, a coworker asks you how you got the bruise. [[you lie]] [[you tell the truth]]

you tell her you were cleaning out your closet and you accidently hit your eye into the door knob. she looks concerned but she doesn't [[ask anything else]]

you tell her how your husband slapped you. she tells you that you should leave him. you tell her that you love him and that she can't tell anyone [[about this]]

you make dinner when you get [[home]]

he gets home early today and you eat dinner together. he apologizes for the other night and tells you it [[won't happen]] again.

you love him and he loves you. your anniversary comes up and you go to [[Hawaii]] for a week.

he tells you he's just drinking for the fun of it. he can stop when he wants. he's not addicted. he pours himself a glass of [[whiskey]]

you have a good time. [[everything's going great]]

when you get back home, your friend texts you to go out for drinks. he tells you to stay home. you text your friend that you [[can't make it]] you tell her you're [[on your way]]

he puts on a movie and you guys watch for a while. he opens a bottle of [[Vodka]]. you don't drink with him.

you leave him at home and go out with your [[friends]]

you find empty bottles hidden in washroom cupboards, pillow cases, behind the tv. you confront him and tell him he has a problem. he [[punches you]] you in the stomach.

when you get back home, he starts up a fight. he's drunk and you "don't respect him". he [[punches you]] in the stomach

you cry and he quickly comforts you. he cries with you and tells you he didn't mean it. it won't happen again. you make up and go to [[sleep]]

it doesn't stop. the next time you fight, he slaps [[you]] again.

you text each other constantly for the next couple of weeks. he asks you out and you go out on your [[first date]]

he leaves you alone. [[you party with your friends.]]

three months pass. he's perfect and you think you might [[love him]]

[[two years]] of dating and he finally proposes.

he's the perfect guy and everything you want in a man. you say [[yes]]

you get married. it's a nice small wedding. he didn't want too many people there. you wanted it to be big but you changed your mind for him. you love him and you want him to be [[happy]] too.

you rent a small apartment and adopt a dog named Chester. [[life is good]]

it happens one night. he gets home from work and smells like beer. you ask him why he's so late. you waited up for him. [[you haven't eaten yet]]

[[he apologizes again.]]

he apologizes again. (text-style: "smear")[you forgive him.] [[it happens again.]]

he apologizes again. (text-style: "smear")[[[you forgive him.]]]

he apologizes again. (text-style: "smear")[you forgive him.] it happens again. [[it doesn't stop.]]

he apologizes again. (text-style: "smear")[you forgive him.] it happens again. it doesn't stop. [[everytime you fight.]]

he apologizes again. (text-style: "smear")[you forgive him.] it happens again. it doesn't stop. everytime you fight. [[it's the same cycle.]]

you love the (text-style: "emboss")[single life]. (link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s 2nd)

(text-style: "fade-in-out") [you wish you never met him. you wish that you never gave him your number [[that night you saw him.]]] [[source]]

you and your friends go to a party. that's where you meet him. you catch him staring at you from across the room.(color: #4dd2ff) [piercing blue eyes]. he asks for your number. you [[give him it]] you [[tell him you're married]]

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