Review: Well written story about escaping from abuse
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
It was almost painful to read this story. Reading about abuse always is. It makes me angry, too. I feel the author had handled this issue very well.I have met enough victims of abuse that I recognize the description in this story as believable.Daniel has been trapped in this vicious situation for a long time. Abused, manipulated, misused in all ways by a violent man, he had slipped into misuse of "usual" painkillers. Decision to participate in a song contest is perhaps the best decision of his life, even if it "earns" him a lot of beating.Ben is a bodyguard and assigned to one of the judges of the same song contest. Although Daniel had already on his own started his way out of the violent relationship, he needs support, lots of it. Not someone who will make decisions for him, not another person to manipulate him, but someone who understands, someone who catches him when he falls. A task Ben is excellent at, in more than one way.