Chapter 10
Northern Minnesota
The next morning after Jake left, Alice called the local a***e hotline to try to figure out what to do to protect herself and her children. She knew she had to leave, but she didn’t know where they would go and what she would do to support them. She had married Jake right out of high school and had never worked a day in her life. The woman on the phone told her about a shelter they could go to where they would be safe until Alice could figure out the rest. So, Alice made up her mind that she would tell Jake they were leaving, and when the kids came home from school, they would pack up, leave, and go the shelter. From there, she would figure out the rest.
The woman on the phone told her not to talk to Jake by herself. Alice was told she was in danger and tha
