"Ben, get out, get out!"

She screamed, like a startled bunny, and went frenzy as she threw things. She tossed everything within reach in the room towards him, who could have avoided the onslaught clearly, but chose not to.

He stayed still and let the items hit him. When she finished throwing and ran out of things to hurl, he lunged forward and grasped her tightly.

She struggled fiercely, but he didn’t let go. Instead, he lifted her face in front of me and kissed her hard.

I watched in stunned silence, unsure of how to react.

Just then, another person burst in through the door. It was Eli, the...