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My husband ya:nk:ed me off the toilet by my hair while my pants were still halfway down, forced me onto the floor, and held me there as his mother picked up my crying newborn because they wanted to “teach me who runs this family.” My cheek was already swollen, bl00d was coming from my lip, and dark b:ruise:s were beginning to spread across my shoulder and thigh. His mother tossed the baby onto the mattress. I fought my way free, grabbed my son, and locked us inside the bathroom. Then the baby monitor suddenly crackled with their voices from earlier, calmly talking about how long they thought it would take before I finally “broke.”