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\u201cDad\u2026 do you really think I did the right thing?\u201d<\/p>\n

I sat across from her.
\n\u201cChoosing your dignity is always the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slowly, she began to open up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe checked my phone. Told me who I could see. Chose my clothes. And when we argued\u2026\u201d She paused, \u201c\u2026he always found ways to punish me without anyone knowing.\u201d<\/p>\n

My fists tightened under the table, but I stayed steady.
\n\u201cEmily, all of that is abuse. And you\u2019re not living in that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

We hired a lawyer who specialized in situations like hers. Emily was scared, but she also found strength she didn\u2019t know she had. She even returned to her old bookstore job, where her coworkers hugged her like she\u2019d come back from another world.<\/p>\n

One afternoon, while sorting through boxes, she wrapped her arms around me from behind.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDad\u2026 do you really think I did the right thing?\u201d I sat across from her. \u201cChoosing your dignity is always the right thing.\u201d Slowly, she began to open up. \u201cHe checked my phone. Told me who I could see. Chose my clothes. And when we argued\u2026\u201d She paused, \u201c\u2026he always found ways to punish me…<\/p>\n

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