I should’ve seen this coming
Her and I had drifted apart over the past few months, even more since she started dating her present boyfriend, who is, frankly a obsessive control freak and verbally abusive towards Amanda and all of her friends, especially me.
He's been pressuring her for the last few months to move in him. Legally at age 17 (from what I understand, at least) you can leave your house if there's a abuse problem with a parent, and he has been trying to convince Amanda that her father was out to rape her, as are all her male friends.
Everyone; her parents, her friends and me have been trying for months to get her to see what a bad relationship it was, and to dump the guy. Her parents called into the school requesting that they weren't allowed to sit together or work together in class, but it never stopped him. She's so bloody shy, and he's so controlling, so she can't do anything without his approval. I've tried talking to her boyfriend time after time, but he doesn’t see it, and flips out violently, spewing verbal diarrhea and threats all over the place.
Which brings us to the suicide attempt.
The last time I talked her, the afternoon of the attempt, I asked her why she wasn't doing her work. Before going out with the before mentioned slime, she had been getting pretty good grades. She told me that she didn't care anymore, and just wanted to fade away.
I never, ever pegged her as a suicidal type.
She’s in the hospital right now; strapped down on a bed and scared out of her mind.
The family and her really needs some prayer right now…
