Scared to Run is a first hand account of how, starting from age 13, I fell for a man five years older than I. That relationship led to the next ten years of physical and mental abuse that left black clouds hovering over my life with feelings of no escape. Physical bruising blended with low self-esteem was what lay ahead of me. Self-worth spiraled downward until it became a cipher and filled up my mind with resentment and rebellion. The bond of matrimony sealed the final years of silent prison life; a life of bondage.