The Collision
I assured her.
“The first three years of marriage were incredible, Jorge made me so happy that I barely thought about home… about you guys. Everywhere we went, people called us the disgustingly perfect couple, because that’s how good we were together,” She shifted in her seat. “Until he lost his mom and got fired from work a few months later. Our happy life just collapsed into a downward spiral from then on. Before I knew it, Jorge was staying out late, coming home disgustingly drunk… seeing other women. He later started doing drugs, and when I did suggest that he seek help, he beat me black and blue for even thinking of suggesting such an outrageous thing.”