[Hoffman staggers. He's about to protest, to shove her off before he goes blank and there is an overwhelming amount of...fear and anger. No remorse. No remorse at all.

But Angie's there. She's long haired and bright and smiling warmly.]

She started dating a felon.

[His voice is soft.]

She met him in a group she volunteered with. She'd...she'd been dating him for awhile before I found out.

[His eyes close] He beat her. I picked her up from the ER covered in bruises. She became battered-she made excuses for him. She shied away from me.

[His voice grows hard, sad and in pain] He was hurting her! I had to get her away but she wouldn't listen to me. She said I was...controlling. A monster.

She called me a monster...