Hate the Way He Loves Me by Stacey Covington-Lee

Author:Stacey Covington-Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: black love, girlfriends, urban books, stacey covington lee, jade jones, black women fiction
Publisher: Delphine Publications

CHAPTER TWENTY

Tonight was the last night of Ramon and Zoe’s couple’s therapy. For the most part things had been going fine. They hadn’t argued, had both been open and honest about their abusive pasts, and Zoe was sure that Ramon now understood how important it was to her that violence not be a part of their relationship. The therapy also helped her to understand her role in the punching incident. She apologized for first hitting him and vowed that she would find a better way to express her anger. But as the session was coming to an end, the therapist asked a question that turned everything upside down.

“You guys have made great progress in this short amount of time. Just remember all the coping tools you learned here and you should be fine. Ramon, how is the anger management coming along? You should only have a couple more sessions of that, right?”

“In all honesty, Dr. Faulkner, I haven’t been back since the first session,” he said bluntly.

Zoe was shocked and confused. “You told me that the therapy was going well. And if you haven’t been going to your sessions then where have you been spending that time?”

“Look, I’m sorry I lied, but I didn’t care for Dr. Lyncs. It’s like she had her mind made up about me before she ever met me. That chick immediately started telling me how I was likely to hit you again and again, making assumptions about me and didn’t even know me. I knew then that that was a waste of my time. Besides, we’ve had this therapy and its worked fine.”

“Ramon, this is different from the anger management. While it pleases me that you’ve gotten so much from this type of therapy, I strongly encourage you to seek out another therapist for anger management. I actually think that a male therapist is more appropriate for that anyway. I’d be glad to make a couple of suggestions,” Dr. Faulkner offered.

“Thanks, but no thanks,” Ramon replied sternly. “This is all the head shrinking that I need. Besides, all I did was defend myself against her abuse,” he asserted as he pointed at Zoe.

“Are you serious? You punched me in my freaking nose like we were dudes in a damn street fight. I lost two days of work and lied to my family and friends to cover up for that crap. To cover for you!” Zoe exclaimed. She made no effort to hide her anger.

“Look, you both have made good progress here, let’s not throw it all out the window now,” Dr. Faulkner said as she tried to bring calm back to the room. “Ramon, do you really believe that you’ll be able to deal with this relationship without raising a hand to her again?”

“Why aren’t you asking her that? She hit me first. Now I love Zoe and want us to be together, but I don’t understand why I’m viewed as the only abusive one in this relationship.”

“The past abuse that both of you suffered and witnessed is concerning to me.

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