I still remember that night with a clarity that chills me to the bone. The cold, unforgiving concrete under my knees, the sticky warmth of blood on my hands, and the final, deafening slam of the door shutting behind me. My husband had just thrown me out, his mother’s venomous voice still echoing in my ears, a cruel command for him to “teach me a lesson.” Eight months pregnant, I clutched my stomach, my fingers trembling so violently I could barely dial
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