The sting from the pain of his massive hand wrapped around my hair as he pulled me through the back seat from the warmth of the heated leather to the cold, wet concrete of the dark parking lot was immense. Only to be intensified as he landed a wooden pallet on top of the pain rushing through my head. 
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My world went black, from the act of violence against me by my new husband. 

Ms. Martha, a single mom, has two active teens in the home, one child she is the adoring mom, always caring, tender, supportive and forgiving. The other child, she is distant, critical, demanding and combative.