The names have been withheld due to the private subject matter of "The Dance."
I read both books and they were both very good. The first
one really took me for a ride because I kept saying to you GET OUT, NO. The second book had me rolling, so much of what you said is so
true.
You have no idea how you have helped me ...my best friend is in an abusive marriage .....I am trying every way I know how
to get her out of it ..... but I am realizing she has to want out ...... the
tears I have cried would flood a river.
I read your book and I cried so hard. I know love is very hard to let go, but once that abuse starts up it will
never end. Once he hit me, he said he was sorry and then did it again. But
everytime it got worse and worse, hitting me with belts, hangers and even trying
to strangle me and hit me in the face or slap me. I was in love with my eyes shut, kinda like you. We all make
mistakes, but we never realize that we can get into those kind of situations.
Granted I was with him for 5 years and the first year we were together I never
knew such a thing of him abusing me in the future. He treated me just like
Shane.
Have you ever hit home. Abuse should never
happen, but it does. I hurt as bad as my friend hurts when she is abused. I feel the blows. I feel the pain. But there is nothing I can do
until she decides she wants better in her life and walks away. The pain we
feel as friends is the same pain the abused one feels, just as
helpless and lost.