Alysonmultigenre0

“Hey, it’s me. Listen, I’m sorry about what happened last night. I was drunk. It wasn’t good for the kids to see. I don’t want to raise them like that. I’d appreciate it if you didn’t tell the lawyers about this. Just call me when you get a chance. I always thought that my now former Uncle Bob was a good person. I remember when I stayed with my Aunt Michele and cousin Rachel for one week out of the summer many years ago. He came over every day, bringing us doughnuts and candy. He always said “good morning” and gave us big smiles and hugs. He always made my siblings and cousins laugh. He was good with kids and seemed to be a good husband. I didn’t know the truth until years after that. “Bob threw Aunt Michele down the stairs in front of Amanda,” my cousin Katie said one day. Naturally, I was shocked. I had known that the two had problems with their marriage, but I never expected abuse. Amanda was older than me and Katie. According to the stories my family has told, Amanda was a child when this happened. From the beginning, Bob and Michele had extreme problems. My Aunt Michele is one of the kindest people I know. She is always taking care of people and genuinely loves her family. She never went to college and never had a good job. When Bob started abusing her, she had no place to go. She wasn’t able to find a job and constantly had problems with depression. My mom said that when Michele was a teenager, she would be so depressed that they couldn’t get her out of bed for days at a time. Michele never left Bob. No matter how many times she was beaten, she never left. They were like boxers in the ring, but she never fought back. My mom said that Michele didn’t have any place to go. She was completely dependent on Bob for everything. Eventually, Michele and Bob got divorced. For a couple of years, they were completely separated. Bob ran out of money a while later. He asked Michele if he could move in with her and their children, and she said that he could. We didn’t hear from my Aunt Michele for a while after that. She never came to family events and never contacted anyone. She was completely isolated from everyone. I never knew how controlling someone could be until I heard what Bob gave to Michele. Michele couldn’t have any money. She would have to ask Bob for money, and he would buy whatever it was that she wanted. He made sure that she was completely dependent on him. I like to think that my Aunt Michele didn’t know what she was getting into when she and Bob got married. I don’t believe that any person would want that for themselves. Nobody wants to live a life of misery. Nobody would want to be beaten. I always grieve for my Aunt Michele. Nobody knows whether or not she is unhappy or not. There are many times in which she isolates herself from the family and makes sure that they cannot contact her.