WHEN LOVE BECOMES THE ENEMY

a story about  domestic violence  from a man who changed from a loving ,caring husband who turned into aphysical and verbal abuser,emotionally and mentally





  THIS IS MY STORY MY NAME IS SARAH JONES I FIRST MET RAY AT COLLEGE WHEN WE WERE 19, HE WAS GOOD LOOKING LIKE A FILM STAR OF OLD HE HAD LOOKS THAT WERE  THE DREAM OF EVERY WOMAN AND THE ENVY OF EVERY MAN NOT THE SORT OF GUY WHO'D ASK ME OUT BUT HE DID AND I WAS THE ENVY OF ALL THE GIRLS AT COLLEGE. HE WAS EVERYTHING I'D EVER DREAMED OF AND THOUGHT I'D NEVER FIND BUT I DID ,WE WENT OUT FOR 3 YEARS BEFORE HE PROPOSED,HE TOOK ME TO MY FAVOURITE PLACE "MONKEYWORLD" IN DORSET AND PROPOSED IN THE CHIMP' HOUSE NEAR THE CAFE, I REMEMBER OTHER VISITORS CLAPPING AND CHEERING WHEN I SAID YES..IWAS AN AMAZING DAY WE GOT MARRIED AT HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE ALSO IN DORSET WITH STUNNING VIEWS OVER TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT ,IT WAS THE HOOTEST DAY OF THE YEAR THAT DAY 95oF IT MADE FOR A GREAT DAY ...OUR HONEYMOON WAS IN THE SEYCHELLES LOADS &,LOADS OF PALM TREES ,CLEAR BLUE WATERS YOU COULD SEE RGHT THROUGH, NOT LIKKE GRUBBY OLD BRITAIN ,,PARADISE ON EARTH. AFTER TWO WEEKS IT WAS BACK TO REALITY AND BACK TO WORK........ ON THE FIRST DAY BACK I NOTICED THAT ONE O F MY COLLEAGUES WHO WAS ALSO A LIFELONG SCHOOL & COLLEGE FRIEND CAME IN WITH BRIUSES AND A BLACK EYE SHE TOLD US SHE'D FALLEN DOWN THE STAIRS AND HIT HER HEAD DOWN THE BANNISTER ,IT SEEMED RATHER UNLIKEY THE BRUISES JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT FROM HER EXPLANATION ......SO AT LUNCH TIME WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL PUB FOR LUNCH WE BOTH ORDERED A MIXED PLOUGMANS LUNCH.. WITH CHEDDAR,LOCALLY PRODUCE HAM.ARDENNES

PATE AND A PINT EACH OF  "0LD ROSIE" A WEST COUNTRY(I THINK) PRODUCED CIDER LOVELY STUFF  IT TASTED JUST LIKE PROPER CIDER THE STUFF YOU CAN BUY AT THE CIDER FARMS OR COUNTRY FAIRS NOT AT ALL THE CARBONATED RUBBISH YOU USALLY GET ON DRAUGHT.........ANY WAY I GOT HER TO CONFIDE IN ME TURNS OUT  HER HUSBAND PETE HAD SUDDENLY TURNED ON HER ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAD BEEN VERBALLY AND MENTALLY ABUSING HER CALLING HER ALL THE NAMES UNDER THE SUN, PUTTING HER DOWN AND THEN  HE HAD PROGRESSED TO HITTING HER SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME ALL THE GORY DETAILS. AT HOME THAT NIGHT I SAT THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT SHE SAID ..HOW COULD SOME ONE CHANGE SO SUDDENLY,HOW COULD SHE HAVE NOT KNOWN WHAT HE WAS LIKE ...THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME INDICATION OF WHAT HE WAS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE GOING OUT ,  THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THERE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SOME ONE COULD SUDDENELY CHANGE FOR NO REASON.........LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I'D SOON BE FINDING OUT FOR MYSELF  TO BE CONTINUED.....................