Pshhh, pshhhh, the sound with his hand up as if he slapped her across the face; The sound, and the affect of him intimating slapping across the face personifies the effect. And he said that right to his friend. Nonchalantly.
All of those actions, resulted in her defending herself and hitting his back, as if it was her last bout of defense of him slapping her across the face. Figuratively with the sound, manfests it into the real thing.
With the sound effect and intimidation, how is that not a real slap?
And as the days continued she had to beg for his forgiveness. Abuse.
Time and reflection set her free.
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