How Can I Help Without Putting Myself In Danger?

litoralis

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Saturday June 11, 2016 · 6:51 AM PDT

2016/06/11 · 06:51

I need advice on how to deal with a situation that just came up. I received a text from a woman I don't know well, I found her a job a few years ago and we stayed in touch with a random text here and there. She said her boyfriend hit her last night and she needs to get out. The police took him to jail and told her they would keep him for 48 hours to give her time to move. She has no one to help her and only her car to sleep in until she can make other living arrangements. I recommended she call some movers and told her she could stay with me until she found a place but now I'm afraid. I live alone, my three year old granddaughter spends the night with me every other weekend and I'm terrified that I've just put us in danger. I asked if she had called the Women's Shelter and she had, they told her to leave everything behind and get out. I want to help her, how do I do this without putting myself at risk? I feel like such a coward and a fraud but I'm terrified.

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