it’s an absolute leap of cognition to imagine that this person you love, or once loved, this person you made a child with, this person you made a commitment to and vice versa, this person who shares every big and small detail of your life, would actually, truly take that life from you. Love is what makes domestic violence different from any other crime. That the people involved have said to each other and to the world, You are the most important person to me. And then, in an instant, for that relationship to become lethal? It requires us to mentally, intellectually, and emotionally hurdle
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