I returned home planning to update with the wild and whacky tales of a pro-cycling weekend training camp, but this message was on my machine regarding one of my best, and oldest friends.
"Hey Al, It's Christian. Have you heard from Najat? She's been missing since Monday."
Turns out I hadn't, we had hung out a couple times the week before and she'd been acting very strange; not herself at all.
I called Christian immediately, he had since gotten some information.
"She's in South Africa... to see him."
One of my best friends had been planning (for months now) to fly to South Africa to be with her abusive ex-boyfriend. She had lied to all of her friends, and family and then just dissapeared.
of course she lied because she knew every one of the above mentioned people would have shit themselves if they knew she was back with that violent mutherfucker.
I should have known by the way she was acting last week... she only acted like that when she was with him. I was sure it was over for good this time, it had been over 6 mos, and he had moved to South Africa... I didn't even suspect.
I really hope she figures herself out soon. I always did my best to support her in every way, self-esteem was obviously an issue; one more extremely intelligent, educated, knock-out-gorgeous woman falls prey to some jackass who exploited her low self esteem. He beat it into the ground from every angle in an attempt to devote her to him forever.
a note to her family at least explaining where she'd gone would have been nice.
My thoughts are so sparatic and random right now. I don't even know what I'm feeling beside simply disappointed.
Mostly because there are so few people in this world as amazing as Miss Najat. Her friends know it; her family knows it... I wish she knew it.
-Al
"Hey Al, It's Christian. Have you heard from Najat? She's been missing since Monday."
Turns out I hadn't, we had hung out a couple times the week before and she'd been acting very strange; not herself at all.
I called Christian immediately, he had since gotten some information.
"She's in South Africa... to see him."
One of my best friends had been planning (for months now) to fly to South Africa to be with her abusive ex-boyfriend. She had lied to all of her friends, and family and then just dissapeared.
of course she lied because she knew every one of the above mentioned people would have shit themselves if they knew she was back with that violent mutherfucker.
I should have known by the way she was acting last week... she only acted like that when she was with him. I was sure it was over for good this time, it had been over 6 mos, and he had moved to South Africa... I didn't even suspect.
I really hope she figures herself out soon. I always did my best to support her in every way, self-esteem was obviously an issue; one more extremely intelligent, educated, knock-out-gorgeous woman falls prey to some jackass who exploited her low self esteem. He beat it into the ground from every angle in an attempt to devote her to him forever.
a note to her family at least explaining where she'd gone would have been nice.
My thoughts are so sparatic and random right now. I don't even know what I'm feeling beside simply disappointed.
Mostly because there are so few people in this world as amazing as Miss Najat. Her friends know it; her family knows it... I wish she knew it.
-Al
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thehedgehog:
pfft, yeah you'd think. either that or there's some dumpster bin where they sell abandoned domains for cheap or something 
kira:
i'm so sorry to hear that...i wish i could be there to give you a hug... 