Asking for help is the hardest thing for an abused woman to do it took my mam 7 years and she worked for the police so knew what could be done and had friends that wouldn’t have thought twice about hurting him. It all about fear your post reminds me of an xmas where my dad decided to break all my presents as me and mam weren’t ready at exactly 11 to go out for dinner. i was 6. Also remember this my dad got kicked out of the house yet he still came back all the time even after the locks were changed and forced his way in just to attack my mother so how do you no she hasn’t tried to get rid of him before. We all like to believe that the system will protect us but it doesn’t always. My father hit me yet the court still made me see him up until im 18. I think this is disgusting im now 17 and still have to suffer going to see him yet I have the scares off his abuse.