Sarah

I'm doing all right.

Thanks for taking some time to chat with me.

So, about a month ago, I had a friend of mine move in with me because she was trying to get out of an abusive situation.

Yeah.

Is that better?

Yeah.

So she came to me telling me about her abusive situation, and I had the luxury of having a couple of guest rooms, so I offered to let her and her seven-year-old girl move in with me.

I offered them free rent for 90 days to help them get on their feet, and at the same time, she's starting to try and build her own business, so I would really love to see her succeed with that, and I've been trying to support her through that, but...

Recently, she has been talking about just going back to him and back to that situation.

And what do I tell her?

Like, this is such a terrible idea.

So he hasn't been physically abusive in the last year, but he has in the past.

He has broke her nose.

He's put his hands around her throat.

Very scary stuff.

And she also found out that his parents, they live on their property, were also housing and employing a man with multiple counts of child sexual assault on the same property.

Yeah.

with her seven year old daughter and didn't tell her about it.

I feel like I've been trying my best to offer that alternative path, and I'm really grateful that she has moved in with me and started taking these steps.

It just really scares me.