Tonesa Welch

And I think all of that played a part. I was becoming more popular on the West side. People were, I was getting a lot of attention. I wasn't looking like this 19 year old girl anymore. I'm looking like this pretty fabulous stylist grown woman. I'm wearing, you know, these clothes, these jewels I'm looking, I'm having the power to, and I think we,

And I think all of that played a part. I was becoming more popular on the West side. People were, I was getting a lot of attention. I wasn't looking like this 19 year old girl anymore. I'm looking like this pretty fabulous stylist grown woman. I'm wearing, you know, these clothes, these jewels I'm looking, I'm having the power to, and I think we,

mean it you really mean it in your heart get to that point where you're just like i don't care what the consequences are you're not going to hurt me anymore right like i said it wasn't until i was laying in that cell in that county jail thinking about it like wow if you go to prison you're gonna go to prison for the rest of your life because

mean it you really mean it in your heart get to that point where you're just like i don't care what the consequences are you're not going to hurt me anymore right like i said it wasn't until i was laying in that cell in that county jail thinking about it like wow if you go to prison you're gonna go to prison for the rest of your life because

Back then, we didn't have the laws that we have in place for women now. We've become where we're victims. So many women were getting locked up. They didn't know anything about self-defense or anything like that. They think, oh, you should have left. You stayed there. They think of it as you premeditated it. But sometimes it happens in the instinct. You're just like, oh.

Back then, we didn't have the laws that we have in place for women now. We've become where we're victims. So many women were getting locked up. They didn't know anything about self-defense or anything like that. They think, oh, you should have left. You stayed there. They think of it as you premeditated it. But sometimes it happens in the instinct. You're just like, oh.

Crime of passion.

Crime of passion.

Like I got this is the only way I can get out. Yeah. You know, I work in domestic violence with a lot of women and they feel like there's no way out. And I've been there. I was younger and I thought it was no way out. How can I get out of this? He's always going to find me. If you watch in the movie, they didn't show a lot of it. He will always, always come find me.

Like I got this is the only way I can get out. Yeah. You know, I work in domestic violence with a lot of women and they feel like there's no way out. And I've been there. I was younger and I thought it was no way out. How can I get out of this? He's always going to find me. If you watch in the movie, they didn't show a lot of it. He will always, always come find me.

No matter if I leave, he would always come find me.

No matter if I leave, he would always come find me.

no matter where i was at by and it was like that all the time you know just moving moving moving then here he come here he come then i'm back you know i'm back in that cycle because then you get addicted to the toxicity i guess or the fighting or you feel like you know it's the oxytocin yeah whenever you guys do get all it's it becomes like a drug it does and you think in your head this person really loves me

no matter where i was at by and it was like that all the time you know just moving moving moving then here he come here he come then i'm back you know i'm back in that cycle because then you get addicted to the toxicity i guess or the fighting or you feel like you know it's the oxytocin yeah whenever you guys do get all it's it becomes like a drug it does and you think in your head this person really loves me

Yeah. And the movie, it looks like we, we got right back together, but it was a minute, you know, um, that let's just say they just wear you down where we'll wear you down. These kids, I love my kids and he's crying and you feel like I got to say this person too, you know, like I felt you feel in the back of your head that he has nobody but you, you know,

Yeah. And the movie, it looks like we, we got right back together, but it was a minute, you know, um, that let's just say they just wear you down where we'll wear you down. These kids, I love my kids and he's crying and you feel like I got to say this person too, you know, like I felt you feel in the back of your head that he has nobody but you, you know,

I understood, you know, by him talking to me all the time, how he grew up. I didn't grow up like that. So I'm like, somebody got to love this little man. Maybe me.

I understood, you know, by him talking to me all the time, how he grew up. I didn't grow up like that. So I'm like, somebody got to love this little man. Maybe me.

But really, it was like I always say it was like it was somewhere. And as a little young girl that I was damaged somewhere, you know, I was dealing with a lot of issues that I didn't understand that. you know, that I felt like I needed to stay there. You know, I didn't never, like I said, never seen my parents do this. So what made me feel like I had to save this person?

But really, it was like I always say it was like it was somewhere. And as a little young girl that I was damaged somewhere, you know, I was dealing with a lot of issues that I didn't understand that. you know, that I felt like I needed to stay there. You know, I didn't never, like I said, never seen my parents do this. So what made me feel like I had to save this person?