You are a hero, and don't put yourself down because of your hesitation: you had two other, more vulnerable, people to consider as well. It's not possible to leave them out of the equation, especially given what this guy is like (even before you found out in horrifying detail exactly what he IS like).
I once lived above a mother and toddler and heard endless screaming and cursing and slamming of doors -- not just occasionally but day after day after day. I had options you didn't: pack up and move (which I was planning to do anyway, to get away from Mommie Dearest) and no offspring to worry about. I taped one session -- set my tape recorder on the wooden floor -- and took the results to the local Children's Aid. They couldn't do much at that time but at least she was now on their radar. (They asked if I thought she was beating the child and I said no, I didn't ... not yet.)
And I hope that bastard gets a really long stint in jail ... where he ends up as Bubba's bitch.
I once lived above a mother and toddler and heard endless screaming and cursing and slamming of doors -- not just occasionally but day after day after day. I had options you didn't: pack up and move (which I was planning to do anyway, to get away from Mommie Dearest) and no offspring to worry about. I taped one session -- set my tape recorder on the wooden floor -- and took the results to the local Children's Aid. They couldn't do much at that time but at least she was now on their radar. (They asked if I thought she was beating the child and I said no, I didn't ... not yet.)
And I hope that bastard gets a really long stint in jail ... where he ends up as Bubba's bitch.
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