It all started as a warm friendship that eventually ended in marriage. But once we signed on those dotted lines, I was trapped, and nothing on earth could have prepared me for the turmoil ahead.

He turned out to be an abuser who thrived on control and subjection, creating a dark wanton aura in the home that I now understand was Domestic Violence.

I had a choice to make... stay and die, or get out...

This book is a non-chronological narrative that recounts the horrors of domestic violence/abuse and its adverse effects on children over and above the primary receiver: the partner. It proffers solutions on both how to cope when found in such situations, and how to eventually make a safe exit for the sake of the wellbeing of the children- SILENT WATCHERS.