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They cuffed him while he screamed he’d “explain everything.” No one cared. Brandi was trembling on the curb, telling the female officer she wanted to go home — her real home — three states away in Nebraska.
The domestic violence advocate arrived — a kind woman named Patricia. She promised Brandi a safe room at the shelter. Promised she’d get her belongings with a police escort. Promised she wouldn’t have to see Tyler again.
Brandi panicked about money. About getting home. About having nothing.
She tried to refuse it. I told her refusing wasn’t an option.
She hugged me like she was drowning and I was the only thing keeping her afloat.
Because I’d seen Brandi before.
I’d regretted it every hour since.