"Leave me alone, I'm not having this conversation with you right now."
"You were his wife, why didn't you just obey him?"
"He abused me…he ruined me.."
"You could have stayed quiet instead but what have you done?"
Sage's face crumpled but her mother kept going.
"You could have lived comfortably. You could have gone to whatever school you wanted. You could have traveled. Damien would have bought you anything you asked for."
Sage shook her head. "I wanted to be safe….does your husband abuses you and lock you up?"
The words came out so quietly that even her mother stopped and Sage looked at her.
"I wanted to sleep without being afraid of what would happen when I woke up. I wanted to walk into my own house without wondering whether I was going to get hurt. I wanted somebody to look at
