Didn't Say Yes

A/N Readers Discretion advised.

Please note if you recognise the story it's because I originally wrote this under a different title under my pen name. I have removed the story and claimed it as my own under a new book title. It is my original story.

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She never thought of it as abuse.

There were no bruises. No single moment where everything suddenly became clear. Just arguments she learned to avoid, boundaries that shifted, guilt she learned to carry, and moments she told herself weren't worth dwelling on.

Until one day, they were.

Looking back means revisiting memories she had long since buried, dismissed or explained away - and seeing them through eyes that have finally begun to open.

Because sometimes the things that change everything are the things you never questioned at all.

The absence of no doesn't equal a yes.