This was very well written, though I don't understand why Ryan was abusive. He was incredibly sweet in the flashback, but there was no real explanation. I picked up on a few spelling errors (mostly with capitalisation after a quotation - remember that if you end a quotation with a comma no capitalisation is needed, but anything else you must capitalise the first word) but otherwise it looked really good. I love how Max was trying to steer Shelby in the right direction and she actually took his advice of getting out of the relationship, albeit in a rather extreme way. You've made your characters relatable and although personally I wasn't able to connect, I can see how people can. Well done.
YES MAXWELL YOU TELL HER YOU BLOODY SMART BOY YOU. AGH BUT SHE DOESN'T GET IT BECAUSE SHE'S GOT VICTIM MENTALITY. This is all very sad and I feel very bad for her :(
NO RYAN YOU FUCK YOU DON'T HIT YOUR LADY WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL? DAMN IT. >.< I cannot wait to see the rest of this. I cannot wait to find out why he turned into such an assbutt
I picked up on a few spelling errors (mostly with capitalisation after a quotation - remember that if you end a quotation with a comma no capitalisation is needed, but anything else you must capitalise the first word) but otherwise it looked really good.
I love how Max was trying to steer Shelby in the right direction and she actually took his advice of getting out of the relationship, albeit in a rather extreme way. You've made your characters relatable and although personally I wasn't able to connect, I can see how people can. Well done.