She wasn't sure when it first happened, maybe when she told him she was going to hang out with her friends instead of him. Maybe it was when she didn't make everything perfect, like he asked. All she knew was that she had to keep it a secret, if anyone found out then they would get hurt to and that was one thing she would not allow.

She had met Shawn when she was fourteen, he was sixteen months older than her so everyone had regarded their relationship with suspicion. Yet Shawn had won all of their approvals with how mature he was with her, how he let her grow slowly and didn't make her act older. Maybe that's why, the first beating wasn't so bad, or in comparison at least. It was a single slap to her cheek, she had looked at him in upset and burst in to tears, he held her in his arms mumbling apologies. Now he just hit her and said it was all her fault. At first she didn't want to believe it, why would she? Everyone loved her at the Shack, or she thought they did but even her faith in that was slowly dwindling. She was beginning to think that she was just kept around for the laughs.

Most people would tell her to leave but how could she? The man she loved was a snake. He used his fists and words to penetrate her and then drew her in with sweet nothings. She knew that this behaviour was controlling but there were times in the darkness that light got through. He would occasionally take her out and shower her with affection before coming home to her hell and hurting her.

So you're probably wondering who this girl is, the girl whose mind has been manipulated into thinking that he was the best she would ever get.

Her name is Mabel Pines and she is a victim of domestic abuse.