Snippet 3

On numerous occasions, chased out of my own home, walking barefoot for 5km on hot tar to safety, ending up with massive blisters under my feet of which I still have the calluses to prove it. The lesson learned here, always wear shoes! Then, would you believe it, married him and stayed in this disastrous marriage for another four years.

Why, there was to be a payoff amongst other things I believed I could transform him but believe me an abuser remains an abuser and will never change unless there is a serious intervention coupled with counselling. Roddy had numerous doctors’ prescribing medication for his moods but never went for counselling. One incident I will share is the time he was watching television in my home when my then seven-year-old son was playing with a rifle type water pistol, squirted Roddy who pulled the gun out of my child’s hands and hit him with it. I was on him like a lion whose cub is in danger and beaten yet again for defending my innocent child.

My first husband and a friend at one point during this undesirable situation arrived on my doorstep, armed and ready to chase him away, fortunately for them all he had already left and the situation was defused.

Snippet 2
I went directly to the GP in charge of Blaine, had her immediate superior called up as well as the offending Poison Dwarf, who to this day has only been moved elsewhere as far as I know but where to I have not bothered to find out. At the time however there was a local man that I knew from Pinetown who approached me with the information that in her drunken state and she and her boyfriend are known heavy drinkers, seen by myself on numerous occasions as we frequented the same after hour venues, was telling whoever would listen what mine and *Blaine’s status was. A person who I will call *Doug offered to make an affidavit with details of her disclosure in order for me to pursue. Six years later and numerous polite requests, I am still waiting for *Doug to hold good his promise, even though I managed to deny and convince all and sundry that Blaine only had bowel TB due to contracting the disease through the type of work he did, plumbing, I am not sure that I convinced that many people about him. I do think however that I managed to fool a number of people about myself, although they will on release of this book, say “I knew it all along”, yeah right.

*Real names not used* to be continued……..