Takashi and Toryn met each other when they were five.
Became best friends at ten.
Were inseparable by time they were fifteen.
Built an indestructible bond at twenty.
And now at the age of twenty five, after twenty years of friendship, due to the...
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BRAELYN DABBED UNDER HER EYES with a tissue, sniffling. "I just don't know what to do..."
Pastor Rowind nodded his head as he sat facing her, supportingly holding her hands. Braelyn knew Takashi said he didn't want her telling their business anymore, but at this point she was breaking. His behavior was getting worse and she had no one to talk too.
"It's so weird, when I first met him I was seventeen. He was eighteen. He was so respectful. He always smiled at me and he and my father were always together talking about real estate. I remember one time he came over to my house and I kept peeking out into the living room. He caught me and winked. I think it was the first time I realized I liked him."
Pastor Rowind smiled.
"I mean even in our early twenties he never really changed. He was still so sweet. But I don't know, now it's like anything sets him off."
Pastor Rowind nodded his head as he listened to her story. He narrowed his eyes to see if he could try and get a feel. "What do you mean? Do you remember when this started? His behavior?"
Braelyn looked down at her fingers. She used her index finger to play with her wedding ring. She twirled it around and around on her finger before looking up.
"This woman came around recently. Toryn I think her name is. This is a few months ago. He said he ran into her on the street and he wanted to take her in because she had nowhere to go and apparently they were lifelong friends. The woman lives at his mother's house and he goes over there daily."
"So you feel like something is going on and his explosive behavior is because of her?"
Braelyn fanned her face, trying to hold back the tears. Takashi's actions last night really scared her. He was drunk so that did play a huge part in it, but still, she was afraid one day he would get crazier than that.
"Maybe...last night he was out somewhere getting drunk. And I just texted him to ask where he was to pick him up and he called me her name in the text."
"The best friend?"
"Yes..." Braelyn whispered. It was painful to her, because she did so much for him and Takashi treated her like a doormat.
Pastor Rowind felt bad for the young girl. He could tell she was frail because her hand was shaking as she wiped her eyes and they were really red. He knew she wasn't a dominate kind of person. But her husband seemed to be because she was almost terrified.
"Mrs. Maxwell I'm going to need you to stand up for yourself. Yes you are a holy woman and yes you are submissive to your husband. But you are nobody's slave. Why don't you tell your father? Your uncles or cousins? And I don't mean that in a violent way. I just mean maybe you could have one of the men talk to him about his behavior."
Braelyn shook her head from side to side. Her father may have went to church every Sunday but he was ignorant just like Takashi. If he knew how Takashi treated her, there would be heads rolling.
