Eva and Dan Have Had a Violent Relationship for 13

Eva and Dan have had a violent relationship for 13 years, but Eva hid it from family and friends. She spent years trying to make the relationship work. After an incident in which her 12-year-old daughter saw Dan choke her, Eva took the children to a shelter. This time Eva filed police reports and got an order of protection. She called her family, took time off from work, and made a plan to leave Dan for good. Two years later, Eva has maintained her distance from Dan and is pulling her life together. This is an example of ______.

A) a woman who stayed with her abuser way too long
B) the process of leaving an abuser
C) an example of how leaving an abuser can happen quickly
D) an example of the external context of IPV