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Escape from the darkness

Chloe Fewster, 21, Hull

Sipping my drink, I locked eyes with the handsome stranger sitting opposite me in the pub.

It was September 2020 and I was out with some mates in Hull town centre.

With a cheeky smile and a confident swagger, the bloke came straight over to my table.

‘Fancy a drink?’ he asked.

‘Cider,’ I grinned back.

And, just like that, I was under Allan’s spell.

He was funny, chatty, and things were great for a while.

Allan, 24, liked to know everything about me.

Where I was going, who I’d be seeing…

At first, I was flattered, but then I started

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