One day I went to the liquor store near my house, and when I enter the store, there was a man with a gun pointing at the cashier. I stared at him, and then I realized that was Ben, my high school boyfriend, who was trying to rob the store. He stared back at me and realized who I was and started walking straight at me.

I was a bit scared, because when we dated back in high school days, he was very abusive, but not just physically, psychologically too. Ben was so sweet at the beginning of our relationship, but after his brother passed away at the Afghanistan war, he changed completely. He became being aggressive all the time.

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