She looked at the water longingly. Should she do it? The temptation was overwhelming. Gripping the rail, she imagined how she would do it. It had to look like an accident.
Then, she remembered, “…never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God, for he has said that he will repay those who deserve it. Don’t take the law into your own hands.”
Turning away from the rail, she decided that she wasn’t going to resort to murder. When they got ashore, her husband was arrested for drug trafficking. Finally, she was free of him and the abuse she’d suffered for years.
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November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
This post is for the Friday’s Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. You can find this week’s prompt here. To read other stories or to participate, click here.
Notes to Women 
What a relief that she didn’t jump. Great story!
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I think while she was looking at the water, she was planning to have her husband “accidentally” fall overboard and drown. Thanks, Mason.
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Ahh, okay. I did wonder if that were the intention. I also felt she was contemplating jumping too.
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She might have contemplated jumping but then, decided that he was the one who should die. Fortunately, she ended up doing nothing and trusted God to act on her behalf which He did.
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She definately ended up with the best course of action.
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Yes, she did.
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She made the right choice and got her reward!
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Yes, she did.
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Like Mason, I originally felt she had been contemplating suicide, but you make it clear in the last paragraph that it was murder on her mind. I’m glad her faith saw her through the trial – and glad that she was finally free of her abuser.
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Initially, I had her contemplating suicide but then, decided that instead of doing that, she would get rid of her abusive husband instead, making his death look like an accident but God prevented her from doing either. As you said, her faith in Him saw her through her trial and she was finally free to have the kind of life He wanted for her–one free of abuse.
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It would have been sad for her to get rid of him all to end up being jailed herself for a crime. Luckily she was freed in a better way – not implicating herself in any way!
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This is what many would call poetic justice. And she made the right decision not to do anything and it worked out for her.
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Yes, for sure. I am so glad it did work out for her.
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Me too 🙂
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🙂
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Dear Adele,
How gratifying to see him reap what he’d sewn. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
He got his just rewards. Thanks 🙂
Shalom,
Adele
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God works in mysterious ways indeed.
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Yes, He does 🙂
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Sometimes faith needs to have trust in others. Although a little nudge helps – you know a word in the right ear, in this case someone may have informed the law. Nice misdirection in the story that had me thinking what was happening and a nice finish with a satisfactory outcome.
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Yes, faith works. God uses people to bring about His purpose. In this case, someone may have informed the law. Thanks, James. I wanted to story to end on a positive note 🙂 I wish if the lives of other abused victims could have a satisfactory outcome as well.
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Thank goodness she stepped back, Be sure your sin will find you out.
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Yes, she did the right thing and God took care of the rest.
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Difficult choices. She made the right one in this case.
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Yes, they were but she made the right one in the end.
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It is almost never a solution to commit violence in revenge of violence. … Then again, sometimes it is for escaping violence. And even then … if there are other options, they are almost always better ones to take …
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Although it is believed that revenge is sweet, committing violence in its name is never the right solution.
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I agree. The only time I can see some form of violence to be justified is in immediate self-defense of oneself or others who are being imminently or already harmed. Even then, only the minimum amount of violence that’s needed to subvert and stop the violence that’s done onto others. Never just in the name of revenge.
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Self-defense or coming to the aid of someone else is usually more understandable and acceptable.
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Yep. Not easy, still, but at least understandable.
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As luck would have it. Well told story with a good end.
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Thanks, Bill 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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A happy ending for now, at least. I hope, while he’s inside, she’ll take steps to change her ID, all her documentation, move far away–because he’ll be out, and he’ll come for her.
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You’re right, Linda. She has to put things in place to ensure her safety because when he’s out of prison, he would definitely go after her.
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love the courage and passion and advice and let’s hope it stays a happy ending!💖💖👏
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Yes. I hope it stays a happy ending but as one of the other commentators pointed out, she needs to ensure that she’s safe just in case her husband goes after her if or when he gets out of prison.
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I do agree and hopefully she will do what she needs to do as well. 💖
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Yes. Hopefully, she will 🙂
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🙏🙏🙏🙏
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