Dear Abby: Should I destroy the video of my husband trying to poison me?
Briefly

A woman recounts her troubling past with her abusive ex-husband, a police officer who poisoned her coffee for a year, raising her heart rate dangerously high. After capturing proof of his actions on video, she escapes and never discloses this information to anyone, including her son, to protect him from the painful truth about his father. Despite her efforts to shield her son, their relationship suffers, and now she questions whether to destroy the recorded evidence of her ex's abuse or share it with him, feeling conflicted about her choices and his reaction.
I caught him poisoning my coffee with something that made my heart race and would cause me to pass out. It continued for a year until I figured it out.
I chose not to tell my son because I wanted to protect him from knowing something so horrible about his dad, despite enduring years of abuse.
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