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"Hit me, I'll get in your face," Williamson shouted. "Hit me so your daughter can see. Hit me. Hit me. Daughter, please hit me."
*****
At the end of my first marriage, my ex used to pull that shit. We'd be arguing and she'd get right up in my face, nose to nose, and she'd start screaming, "Hit me, hit me! Would it make you feel like a big man? Go ahead and hit me, I fucking dare you!"
To this day, I don't thing she realizes how close she came to being flattened. I knew in my heart though that if I did, I wouldn't be able to stop.