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Something inside me snapped. It wasn\u2019t a decision; it was a biological imperative.<\/span><\/p>\n

I grabbed the pot of soup\u2014boiling hot, heavy with carrots and potatoes\u2014and hurled it into the sink. The crash was deafening. Steam billowed up like a mushroom cloud. Then I grabbed the frying pan.\u00a0<\/span>Clang.<\/span>\u00a0The ceramic plates.\u00a0<\/span>Crash.<\/span>\u00a0The expensive wine glasses.\u00a0<\/span>Shatter.<\/span><\/p>\n

I dismantled the kitchen with the efficiency of a demolition crew.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert finally ran in, freezing in the doorway. His face went pale as he took in the carnage\u2014the overturned pots, the shards of porcelain, the blood on my face.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMom, what did you do?\u201d he whispered. He didn\u2019t look at my wound. He looked at the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawn stepped out from behind him, her face twisted in a rictus of fury. \u201cShe\u2019s crazy! Robert, look at this! She\u2019s demented. Call the police. Get her out of here!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMom\u2026 why?\u201d Robert asked, looking at me with disappointment, as if I were a naughty child.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe hit me, Robert,\u201d I said, my voice hoarse, foreign to my own ears. \u201cYour wife hit me with a ladle. And you turned up the TV.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Something inside me snapped. It wasn\u2019t a decision; it was a biological imperative. I grabbed the pot of soup\u2014boiling hot, heavy with carrots and potatoes\u2014and hurled it into the sink. The crash was deafening. Steam billowed up like a mushroom cloud. Then I grabbed the frying pan.\u00a0Clang.\u00a0The ceramic plates.\u00a0Crash.\u00a0The expensive wine glasses.\u00a0Shatter. I dismantled the…<\/p>\n

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