"There's no place like home..."
Last night I talked to my former best friend. Not former because we fought but former because we grew apart in high school and I later moved to Arizona. It started out as a normal conversation. She said she wanted to come visit and I said that would be awesome and we'd have a lot of fun. Then the conversation took a turn. She didn't say so directly, but I think she wants to come visit to get away from her husband. Apparently he's hit her before, actually busted her ear drum. I told her to come, I have a free plane ticket. I told her she could stay as long as she wanted and I meant it. But I'm still afraid for her. What if he won't let her leave? I don't know what the extent of his abuse is and that scares me. I watched my mom get beaten for the first sixteen years of my life and she watched the same situation in her home. Now I learn that its happening to her? What can I do? I want to tell her to drop everything, pack just what she needs and get out here, two thousand miles away from him, but I don't know how to say it. I'm scared for her and I want to be there for her. I don't know what I should do. Does anyone have any advice for me?