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All the wrong men: as the daughters of a controlling, verbally abusive father, she and her younger sister spent years attaching themselves to controlling, verbally abusive men. Janine Latus managed to get out before disaster struck; Amy didn't. A writer breaks her silence.(connections)

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| October 01, 2005 | Latus, Janine | COPYRIGHT 2005 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I AM SARDINED INTO A PLANE NEXT TO A young couple. She is lean and fashionable, her pedicured feet in strappy heels. He is handsome in the way of a golfer. Small potbelly, gold chain, white ankles. He, sitting on the aisle, turns his back to her and gathers her slender arms around his neck, snuggling in like a child.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

"I want a blanket," the woman says, her voice thin and girlish. "I always get cold when I fly."

He gathers her arms tighter.

"I'll keep you warm," he says, chuckling at a bosomy cartoon in Maxim. She reads over his shoulder, her arm white where it is pinched against the armrest.

After a long moment, she says, "Can you see a blanket up there?"

He does not look up, just pats her thigh, says, "You'll be fine."

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