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Synopsis: Anna Coleman gave her husband one more chance for them to work on fixing what was wrong with their marriage. Ted Coleman used that chance to try to kill her. Anna didn’t give up or give in, she fought to survive, and she fought for justice, as it became a personal struggle. All she wanted was for the justice system to properly punish Ted for what he did to her, and it took a lot of strength, perseverance, and support.
Read how Anna struggles to fight for justice, and deal with her personal issues from having been betrayed and abused by her husband of 13 years.
This is a fictionalized version of the real life events of the Author.
Warning: This book contains scenes of domestic violence and may trigger PTSD or not be for some readers.
Excerpt: "May I sit down?" "I guess,"Anna shrugged again, still not looking at the woman. "I came here to talk with you," Talia said. "What are you looking at?" "I'm trying to remember," she sighed. "You don't remember what happened?" Anna turned abruptly toward the woman, her appearance caught Talia by surprise. Anna's swollen face was completely covered in shades of blue, purple, black, and red, with a slight yellowing around her throat. "I remember that! I'm trying to remember what I looked like yesterday morning," she gulped heavily. "I'm sorry,"Talia sighed. "Are you even supposed to be out of bed?" "I slid over to look out the window." Anna scooted herself from the chair over to the bed.She lifted her legs with her hands as she lay them on the bed. "Why are you here?" "As I said, I'm the social worker. I'm here to talk to you. You are probably feeling ashamed ..." she began her default social worker speech. Anna put herhand up, "Uh, stop. You don't know how I'm feeling." Talia patted Anna's hand. "Have you even cried yet?" her tone emitted pity, which annoyed Anna. "I must say that I'm in a lot of pain, where I can actually feel, but no, I haven't cried.Why should I? It wasn't my fault." "It wasn't?" Talia raised an eyebrow.
Author Note: On November 2, 2005, my husband at the time, tried to kill me by beating and choking me. I managed to escape and get help. This story is a fictionalized version of my assault and struggle to get justice, and the barriers that the character "Anna" encountered were very similar to the ones I encountered during my attempt to get justice.
The cover is an actual photo of the author after her attack. (me).