What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?

What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
If you're a corporal in the Boult County Sheriff's Office, you tell her it's her fault because she chose to stay. If you're her pastor, you read her Corinthians 5 and remind her that divorce is a sin. Jesus, you say, never gave up on anyone. If you're her mother, you tell her that's just the way things are. All men are animals, just like your father was to her.

What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
If you work at Haven House you tell her that his violence is not her fault. You tell her that she is strong and it is not her fault. That she is beautiful and that no one deserves to be hit.

What would you tell a woman with two black eyes?
Whatever you want. But make sure you say something. And make sure, make sure, make sure, that it isn't something he's already told her twice.