Marcella and Gabrielle share the very emotional story about Marcella’s first abusive boyfriend at age 18. They discuss how abusers are always so charming and the abuse starts slow, only to escalate to severe violence.
They are sharing this story to make people aware of the early red flags and warning signs, in the hopes of saving others. They talk about how a situation like theirs, where a family member is involved in an abusive relationship changes the entire family dynamic and how their family became a battlefield.
Gabrielle gives her very strong opinion on how to execute “TOUGH LOVE” with a twist on a teenage or adult child . She swears her way is what saved her daughter and how the family got her back and how their relationship stayed intact.
Marcella talks in detail about when the boyfriend kidnapped her and she feared he was going to kill her in the woods and how she got rescued by the police