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Is he saying anything to you as he's barricading you in this bedroom with your son?

I don't recall.

Is he letting you leave?

No.

Does he tell you anything about how you're going to leave?

He told me the only way I was leaving the house was in a body bag.

Welcome back to Season 5, Episode 118 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the've got a story to tell you.

It's a little different than what we normally do, but I think you will enjoy it.

There's a lot of intrigue and twists and turns.

Now, if you want just pure go on over to

Plus at patreon.com

slash sword and scale. You can

get 31 episodes, the 31th episode,

which will be available next week.

We'll fuck you up if that's

what you're looking for. That's a promise.

For everybody else, strap in,

here we go. Why don't you just leave? It's a simple question heard again and again in domestic

abuse scenarios. And it lies the implicit notion of victim

blaming. There's a, duh, at the end of that statement. It's not said, but you can hear it if you

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