I'm telling you, @davidbright, there is a book coming forth from you lol!!! I agree with @beeber!
She must be pretty good at hiding that journal, if he finds it it would probably set him off. Unfortunately, this is all too common now a days, it's cool you're writing about it and drawing attention to it. I personally know a couple of ladies that just bailed out of that exact situation, and even some guys have wound up in that same situation as well: this subject is not confined to women. We have an account here on Hive that deals with the very subject called @empowernetwork, it's also in the Discord server under that same name;
This is a link to that server:

if you ever run into someone who is in an abusive or Domestically violent situation, please do not hesitate to let us know and also to pass that server link along. It is run by a young lady who is a domestic violence survivor named @prissy.