The Day I Revealed-Personal Narrative

It was a slow night at work and I was having a terrible night, and could not quit crying. No one knew what had happened the night before except for a select few people who choose to ask if I was okay. One of the girls Katie asked if I was okay and I told her no, and proceed to tell her that I had just gotten out of a bad relationship that resulted in me filing a restring order against him for stalking and harassing. Unlike any good friend her reaction wasn’t to ask if I was okay, her reaction was: “Why did you tell me that?! You should be embarrassed to tell anyone that, and you should be ashamed for getting a restraining order against him.” Katie said “Oh really so I should be embarrassed because he called me twenty-seven times in one day, after we broke up threatening me, and I should be ashamed that I got a restraining order to protect myself because he was stalking me, and tried to run me off the road in his car. That is perfect logic, I did nothing wrong but I should hid and pretend it never happened.” I replied. Katie fell silent as I walked away to be alone, in the back of my heard I was thinking, no I am not embarrassed, and I will not be ashamed because I asked for help to secure my safety. Several people told me I should be embarrassed to tell …show more content…
But it’s your fault you didn’t listen to me! Damn it Taylor, why won’t you just listen to me.” He snarled at me. For that night and the next few days that followed I let myself believe it was all my fault and if I was just a better girlfriend he wouldn’t do it again and things would be better. But I was wrong, not even a week later I tried to get out of the car because I was tired of listening to him yell and me and he grabbed me by the arm and the back of my shirt and drug me back in the car. Right then and there is when I knew it was time for me to leave, and looking back now I’m glad I