Under captivity

Holly Jepson, 24, Manchester

Smiling at the table of customers, I cleared away their plates and headed back to the kitchen.

It was April 2018 and I loved my job as a waitress.

But lately, working with my boyfriend Tom Fosbrook, then 29, had become a headache.

He was a starter chef, and as I scraped the leftovers into the bin, I could feel his eyes on me.

‘Why were you smiling at those customers?’ snapped Tom. ‘Don’t you love me?’

‘Sorry, ’ I said. ‘Of course I love you.’

I was barely 20 years old, and looked up to Tom, who was 10 years older