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The sharp sound of a key in my own front door jolted me awake on Thanksgiving night.
It wasn't my key, and it certainly wasn't my hand.
My boyfriend Matthew' s mother burst in, unleashing a tirade about me not cooking Thanksgiving dinner, followed by Matthew himself, reeking of alcohol.
Instead of intervening, Matthew demanded an apology from me, then shockingly slapped me across the face.
He proceeded to violently drag me by my hair, throwing me out of my own apartment and deadbolting the door.
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