They Thought Silence Made Them Innocent — the Husband Who Stood Guard Made the Same Choice as the Men Who Locked the Door

And again.” And she looked down at her hands, and she said the only honest word she had.

“Yes.”

That single word hurt worse than any excuse could have.

“I was terrified every day too, Diane,” I said.

“But I couldn’t walk out of that house.

I was the one waking up in the dark not knowing what had been done to me.

You could have left any time.

You could have called anyone.