Manipulation

Saraa and Chad were rather typical teenagers. They marched in the high school band and hung out with their friends. Saraa and Chad had been dating now for six months and things were looking bright and cheerful in their eyes. They thought they were the perfect couple and would be married after high school. Saraa had even convinced Chad that New Zealand was the best place to move and they planned on moving after college; life was grand... right?
I'm Chad and life sucked. We'd had our quarrels before but this was starting to get out of hand. Saraa was... well... psychotic. I hesitate in telling you this only because I do come with my bias. Saraa began cutting herself about 5 1/2 months after we started dating. She had been abusing me physically and dumping me biweekly in order to get me to beg for forgiveness - she always had every intent of taking me back. I was tired of it. I was scarring on my arms, my neck, and in my self-confidence - not to mention the fact that i was running out of skin to scar. I should tell you, this is about the time I started to fight back....