18th January 2023
Every Breath You Take
“Take excellent care of yourself, Lisa,” he wrote in the letters sent to her PO box, “there are so many bad things that can happen when you least expect it. Even though I don’t know where you are tonight, we will run into each other soon. Remember, we’re always breathing the same air.”
It was 1990. Even though Lisa had come to the domestic violence shelter where I worked to escape her violent husband, he continued terrorizing her. He had told her he’d kill her if she ever left him, and he’d mea