You stare out the window at the world outside, the lush green trees, the flowers beginning to bloom for spring, and the grass you have not touched for so long. The cult members walk through the mountain hideaway they call home, dressed in their long yellow robes and living inside small cottages. They all look so happy, and you wonder if any of them even know about you. You've been here for several weeks, living as a pet for their leader whom they call Father, and not once have you been happy during that time. You've mostly just been scared and homesick.269Please respect copyright.PENANAAfC8BTyFzf
Your life as a pet is very degrading. You aren't allowed on furniture, you're not allowed to speak unless spoken to, and you're not allowed to do anything without the permission of Father, whom you are forced to address as Master. You aren't even called by your name. Instead, you are simply called Pet. Right now you're sitting on the ground inside Father's study, which is in a building known as the Community Center, staring out of the window.269Please respect copyright.PENANAetH31QyuB4
The study is large and furnished with a desk and chair, some bookshelves with many old books, and that's about it. The door to the room creaks open and Father steps inside, his golden hair and eyes sparking in the sunlight. He walks over to his desk and sees you staring out the window.269Please respect copyright.PENANAvWrR5lnJAP
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He sighs and sits down in his chair. "What is it, child?" he asks, with a tone that makes me feel like he is disappointed in me. "Why are you looking out the window?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXhJWLz0pI0
"I just want to go home," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPTC3jmOMtf
Father sighs again. "Child, I know you miss your home, but we're not going anywhere for a while." He sits back in his chair. I start to cry, and Father stares at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANABUlZT5H2LR
"Why are you crying?" he asks, with a small amount of anger in his voice. I cry even harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANAx8KRDVIfyS
Father sighs.269Please respect copyright.PENANAgkq0umm0Vp
I say "I don't want to stay here!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAyROhJI8SIH
Father gets up from his chair and walks over to me and kneels down in front of me. I look at the ground and Father grabs my chin and forces me to look at him. I look into his eyes. His eyes are cold, like stone. He stares at me with no emotion whatsoever.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7LC9R6qbQq
There's no compassion, no sympathy. I'm just a thing to be used. He will use me for his own benefit, and then he will get rid of me. I need to get out of here. I stand up quickly and bolt for the door.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiGRZ75ZTgQ
"Stop!" he shouts, but I already hear his footsteps behind me. I open the door and run out. I run past the cult members, who only stare at me in awe, some whispering among themselves. I run until I come to a large oak tree. I climb the tree, which is only a few feet away from the ground. I find a branch that I think is strong enough to hold me, and climb up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAQNC6ZE4vrG
I can hear Father's footsteps getting closer. I hide myself in the branches of the tree.269Please respect copyright.PENANAf3OD1SXPdR
Father comes to the tree, his footsteps getting closer and closer to the tree. He stops, staring at the tree.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzsMFw8yxt4
"Pet, come down from the tree."269Please respect copyright.PENANABJCn5IUrzv
I stay silent.269Please respect copyright.PENANAU49tSBJX6O
"Pet, I know you're in there. Come down from the tree right now or else I won't only punish you, I'll make your siblings suffer too. Do you want that to happen?" I come down from the tree and land on the ground with a thud. Father grabs me, and I struggle against his grip, but I can't escape.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUQfnR4ZobK
"Come with me, child." I am dragged along by Father.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjRLKdqNoVJ
I struggle as I walk with him, but I can't get away. We walk for what seems like forever, and then we finally come to a large, circular room. I look around the room. The room is circular, with no windows, and only two doors. One door is at the very center of the room, while the other is at the very edge.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3kMlXWLErM
I struggle against Father, who only laughs at me. I struggle against him for what seems like an eternity, but he keeps a firm grip on me, and I can't get away. I sigh and decide it's best to just give up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWMYDKdpKLV
Father grabs my chin, and I look at him.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7irm8hnVC0
"Don't make me have to punish you, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYdGb1lAYmj
I say, "What are you going to do to me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAhhX4L0CmQ0
Father smiles. "I'm going to punish you in a way that you'll enjoy." He releases me. I drop to the ground, exhausted..269Please respect copyright.PENANADoTVjn7GGc
I say, "Please don't hurt me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAOCe1UF4TvS
Father laughs. "I'm not going to hurt you, child. I'm going to make you scream. I'm going to make you wish you were dead."269Please respect copyright.PENANAw5MPVFZe6v
I say, "Please don't!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y9b7UX9nU
Father laughs. "Don't worry, I won't kill you. But I will make you wish you were dead, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANARlnJ0w7c4N
I say, "What does that mean?" Father laughs. He picks me up and throws me on the bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANA9vtxffiizw
"You'll find out soon enough, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANAlx77OLU2e2
Then he leaves the room, closing the door behind him. I wait.269Please respect copyright.PENANA0UAOITyCJI
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It's the last day of the school year. Finally... I've been waiting for summer vacation since the first day of the school year. I'm almost halfway between the school and my house, feeling happier than ever. Suddenly... darkness. I would have never thought that the last day of my sophomore year would be the last normal day of my life..269Please respect copyright.PENANAmmyZYo32hZ
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I wait for what seems like forever, but he eventually comes back. He sits on the chair by the door. He looks at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZAMyY2OZBh
"Are you ready, child?"269Please respect copyright.PENANARpWoEqcQzh
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I nod and say, "Y-yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwVMoUQLlC5
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"Good. Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to bind your hands together. Then I'm going to blindfold you. Then, I'm going to have you stand in the middle of the circle."269Please respect copyright.PENANAm8ygIa4Z9K
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I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANA0ELW3gndBb
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I stand there, and Father ties my hands together, then blindfolds me. Father takes out the blindfold and places it over my eyes. I feel his hands on my shoulders, and start to feel uncomfortable.269Please respect copyright.PENANARFP8aXHb3a
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I hear him say, "Bend your knees and keep your eyes forward." I do as I'm told.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfQr3R4IzLe
He says "Now, walk forward, slowly."269Please respect copyright.PENANAW10ZNaPeIQ
I feel his hands on my lower back and begin walking. I walk forward, and my feet move, taking me forward. My legs continue walking, taking me further and further away from Father. My heart is pounding in my ears. Then, I reach the center of the circle.269Please respect copyright.PENANAXbUkXFXxAY
Father says "Good. Stay there."269Please respect copyright.PENANAeym1fSYiUI
I feel his hands on my shoulders. I hear him say, "Don't look back, child. It'll make things much worse." I stay there. Then, I hear Father's footsteps. I hear his footsteps stop. I stand perfectly still. Father says, "Well, well, well. Look at you." I wonder what's going on. I don't move, even though I can't see. I wait. I stand perfectly still and wait. I hear his footsteps walking toward me. I wait.269Please respect copyright.PENANAIRqK1bzY8S
I stand perfectly still. His footsteps stop. His hands grab my shoulders, and I tense up. His hands push me down. I fall to the ground, and my head smacks into the cold, hard ground. I wince. I lie there, waiting. I wait for a long time, but then I hear his footsteps. They get louder... closer. My heart rate goes up. I wait. I tense up. I stay still. His footsteps stop.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPs5KZT85A1
He must be right next to me. I hold my breath. I wait. I stay still.269Please respect copyright.PENANAutGnK4LnuM
His hands touch my face. I tense up even more. His hands slide down my body, and my knees get weak. He unbuttons my blouse. His hands slide up my bra. I want to scream. He unzips my pants. His hands slide down my panties. I scream,"Stop!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAHvOEftK3La
"Please!" I whisper.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7EhzyNR5po
He pulls down my underwear, and he takes his time. His fingers slide inside of me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK92A4tvue3
I scream loudly.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYBhVm0ef2i
My scream echoes throughout the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjLZ4GLeP68
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" he shouts.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJNuaL9Fmns
His fingers slide faster. I scream louder.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjIoLgeevRW
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" he shouts. I try not to moan.269Please respect copyright.PENANAItNX5uDE1h
My body shakes. My legs shake. I can't control it. My body gives in to the pleasure. I moan and shake--my body trembles. My moans get louder and louder.269Please respect copyright.PENANACKNph1NKNf
I say "P-please s-stop.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAdO4R6K6iM
He stops for a moment, before sliding his fingers inside of me again. I stay still, and soon, I begin to come down from my orgasm. I lie there, panting. My hands are tied tightly together. I start sobbing.269Please respect copyright.PENANArZJTlIOTPm
He pulls his fingers out of me. I wince and groan. I'm sore from the orgasm. I lie there, sobbing. I feel him sit down next to me. He unties my hands. I cry harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4BFCBrd7HL
He pulls the blindfold off of me, and I see that there are several men standing around, staring at me. I try to cover myself, but one of the men pulls the blanket off of me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhxjHFgCN5b
"What's the matter, huh?" one of the men says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAScEDm81i0t
"Look at her," another says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAIu9EAJVidl
I say "Please leave me alone."269Please respect copyright.PENANAexMDkZUy1A
"Let's see if she's a virgin," another says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVJnl03SmFC
"I'm a virgin," I say, trying to cover myself.269Please respect copyright.PENANAqR0xDQx9o6
"We'll see. Let's see."269Please respect copyright.PENANANmy47xUvA7
I say "No no no.." They laugh.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOLmlq4FInt
"Look at her. She's a dirty little slut," one of them says.269Please respect copyright.PENANARoMd34VTyV
"Let's see if she's a filthy little cocksucker," another says. I say "Please leave me alone!" They laugh. They grab me. They forcefully violate me. I start sobbing. I'm crying, and I can't stop. My tears are falling down my face.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2ogeBqYFI5
They untie me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAywQP6CmpP8
I lie there, naked and sobbing. I'm sore, and my butt is sore. I keep crying harder. After a while, I hear a voice.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2bC9rodFEK
"Ah... you're up," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdJB1uJW8GC
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"Huh?" I say, confused. I slowly get up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAC0qj35nHub
"Where were you?" he asks,269Please respect copyright.PENANAlTTv19g9Id
I say, "T-they were hurting me...."269Please respect copyright.PENANAWYE52EIiNe
"I know. We were worried about you. We thought you might be a virgin. You were."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXuusndsaTO
Father smiles.269Please respect copyright.PENANApNCEemzVCy
"Get dressed. We have work to do," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdLCl2FT8iq
I say, "I can't handle this anymore. I can't stay here any longer. This is too much."269Please respect copyright.PENANAMjfdhCmjAf
"I know," Father says. "But you have to. You're my favorite. You can't run away."269Please respect copyright.PENANA9QrNzRb8nv
"I can't stand it anymore," I say, trying to get up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPj4QdjfQlN
I say, "I don't want to be abused anymore."269Please respect copyright.PENANAx0yPV0hPwN
"I know. But you need to do this. It's for the good of the cult."269Please respect copyright.PENANAobc9q7qx57
"I'm leaving," I say, trying to walk away.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPjU4vcTf5a
Father grabs my arm. I struggle.269Please respect copyright.PENANAECjxiu3KgP
"Look, I know you're upset, but you're going to have to get over it. You need to stop struggling. I won't let you leave."269Please respect copyright.PENANABRPROc8HrE
I say, "Please let me go!"269Please respect copyright.PENANATQOLmH32XS
"I'm not letting you go. We need you. I need you. I'm your master, and you're my pet. I own you, and you obey me," Father says. I say, "I will not stay here any longer."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4NKG0N1rKE
"You will," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYymCDeOP45
"I said I won't!" I say. Father gets angry. He pulls me to my feet. He slaps me hard across the face.269Please respect copyright.PENANAtiDLuz5KTW
"You WILL!" I start crying hard. I cry as hard as I can, and Father laughs.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4QQN0SNZ9d
"I own you," he says, "You obey me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXMGLtBjdhI
I cry and sob hard. I sob for a long time before Father comes up behind me and slaps me hard.269Please respect copyright.PENANALxX4TOSElL
"Stop crying," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEo5RULykpd
"I can't!"269Please respect copyright.PENANApO3gds6cPB
Father grabs me and hits me hard across the face again.269Please respect copyright.PENANASDrkvoW4Lg
"Stop it!" I cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHG6OwZnD2G
"I said stop it!" he yells,269Please respect copyright.PENANAo513rX1gvm
"I can't," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANALwVKDGM0h4
I say, "I want to kill myself!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANALqu8djt29d
"NO!" Father screams.269Please respect copyright.PENANAl8E2tcv0cr
"I'm not going to hit you anymore. I'm not going to hit you anymore. But you need to stop crying. You need to stop being so pathetic." I slowly stop crying. "You're going to stay here with us. You're going to learn. You're going to obey. You're going to be a good member of the cult. And you're going to love it here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAY5v2846jnh
I say, "I would rather kill myself than be here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhxlMmpAzXN
"NO, you wouldn't," Father says,269Please respect copyright.PENANATQ6lGSHGJe
"I would. I really would."269Please respect copyright.PENANAiEbGmx89XE
"If you really loved me you would put me out of my misery," I say with tears in my eyes.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4e5TDVxj6m
"I do love you. I do. I'd never hurt you. I'd never hurt a single one of my children. You have to believe me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7lI2nHg2g
I say, "At this point, I have zero trust in you. I'm not going to listen to you. I'm going to leave. I'm going to get help."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqQKXRCHyde
"You're not leaving. You're staying here and you're going to obey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAe4IyHxhYpY
I say, "No I'm not!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAy5njy2rpr5
Father grabs my arm. I shake him off.269Please respect copyright.PENANAc45WITxgOl
"You WILL listen to me!" he screams.269Please respect copyright.PENANASymhmVgjim
I say "No I won't!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAuBVNt7KEz9
"You will!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA6q7JoMRZw1
"I said NO!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAZEodLtEDWO
"I'm going to count to three, and if you don't listen, I'm going to beat you like a dog!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA0qjRklVNGN
I say, "I'm sorry! I'll obey and be a good girl!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAkcUHl0B2F3
"I know you will," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANARMuxprxCJo
Father reaches for the whip he keeps behind the door. He cracks it. I flinch, but don't cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAxUjNbKRfJb
He says "One."269Please respect copyright.PENANARz3b0v57pi
I say, "I'll do anything.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAD6L3e7da5I
"Two."269Please respect copyright.PENANArv5WH1m0S1
"I'll stay here. I'll do anything," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEAWrT5wWqV
"Three."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqeLyrmfrSk
I see a gun on the floor. I grab it and put it to my head.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPd6KNv0X5Q
"No, don't do it," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7oAIPETUlq
I say, "If you promise to not hurt me anymore, I promise to do anything you want."269Please respect copyright.PENANARJ9CzfqEnP
"Fine," Father says. He gets up from the chair and walks over to me. He removes the gun from my head and puts it on the bed. I'm relieved. I put my hands behind my back.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOjZy3grmeV
I let him tie my hands together. I look at him, and he looks at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3vTb7ibaQB
"You're going to be good now, aren't you?" he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAR4DDy2VYal
I say "Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAxrFLlvR6ig
"I don't want you to fail. I need you. I need you to stay here and obey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVp2UnN1sQn
"Yes," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiL5J9fUpnS
"Good girl," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjwtOeIlOwp
I say, "Just.. please don't violate my body."269Please respect copyright.PENANAL9wHasgJVE
"I won't," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzqJDXBUCLo
I stay tied up.269Please respect copyright.PENANACdr75Y1suj
"Now," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAttxTM3YWhK
"Kneel."269Please respect copyright.PENANA1zNH4t1Z9G
"Please," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWpemqTtJwF
I kneel. I do as he says. He steps closer to me, and I feel his breath on my neck.269Please respect copyright.PENANAy5bIIeARK0
I anticipate that he's going to violate my body.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZ36HQiW3Sg
I just know it.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuDabt5j2aA
And then, he doesn't. He whispers in my ear.269Please respect copyright.PENANAs9n05xLC8g
"I have someone coming who will do a better job than me."269Please respect copyright.PENANA9lUBQC90ty
I stand up, and he turns around. I wonder who he's talking about. I try to block out the image of his penis, but I can't. He walks over to the door and disappears.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJgubRI2mff
I'm all alone in the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHQHtJ82RZd
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I hear the door open. I look up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAW8rLUB4icl
"Hello," a man says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAvdCt4K9WDX
I recognize him. It's the man who came into my room the first night I was here. I saw him before he abducted me. He walks towards me, and I back up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAI95Ykn9buJ
"Hands behind your back," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAD4CW4gQWBi
I do as he says. I hear the zip ties being undone.269Please respect copyright.PENANADJ7ctwvYpt
"On your knees," he says. I get on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANATDGbJ4z1DX
"Stay there," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAawatqSdzd1
I stay on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK6ZAyeylyd
He comes up to me, and I can feel him unbutton my shirt. He removes my shirt and he puts his hand on my stomach. I gasp. I can feel his fingers on my skin. I can feel his breath on my skin. He puts his other hand on my head and he pushes my head toward his penis.269Please respect copyright.PENANABIO7TqZAN5
I say "No no no."269Please respect copyright.PENANAX6ZhZiaZKe
"Do it," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVxO0wySwYY
I say no. He pushes harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2fcEpMTIZO
"Do it!" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAW0lmysyGMe
I comply. I hear the zip tie undone.269Please respect copyright.PENANAKDT61PiQlj
He unzips his pants. I watch as he pulls his pants down. I can see his penis, it's about an inch and a half long.269Please respect copyright.PENANAo1j4RYZqKg
"Stay there," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJHJYUhh9ZO
I stay on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANAq3h4lyZtk7
He steps up to me and shoves his penis in my throat. I gag and try to get away.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiG8ajxW4Vk
"Stop moving."269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kg9k0OtXI
I struggle and gag on his penis. He shoves it in deeper. I try to gulp it down.269Please respect copyright.PENANAu9GNEdVcy4
He pulls it out of my throat.269Please respect copyright.PENANAkBRxb95m9x
"What's wrong?" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwzubLHIeoV
I can't answer. I'm coughing. I cough and gag.269Please respect copyright.PENANA9lFZXcgUOn
"What?" he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAwxp9hZHbqC
I try to get air. I inhale. I try to get air out.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe0xGqXQe1L
He shoves it back in my throat and I gag on his penis. I cough and vomit. I continue to struggle. He pushes it in even deeper. I have no strength left. My vision goes black. He shoves it out again.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwlgu4QZsdz
"Is this too big for you?" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANABQ6wlzMWUn
I nod.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUmZnz0sdc0
"I understand," he says, "If you need to vomit, go ahead. I know how to treat a child who vomited before."269Please respect copyright.PENANA96OZWv0OGN
I retch. I heave. I vomit again. I finally gain composure.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdAfbJhwiQr
He shoves it back in.269Please respect copyright.PENANAaRwmHK3yAQ
I decide that vomiting once is enough.269Please respect copyright.PENANA6RJl59QCYC
He shoves it in deeper.269Please respect copyright.PENANAP2pF4VOY4D
I struggle and fight.269Please respect copyright.PENANAx4eic5AGSx
"Stop fighting me," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAxULyZSQVv7
He cums in my mouth and I spit it out.269Please respect copyright.PENANA18M5HR42QD
"Get dressed," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAlbZxLiNy4F
I get dressed. He pushes me out the door and shoves me out the door. He closes it behind me. I take the chance to run away. I run away from the cultists as they try to catch me. They shout at me to stop, but I keep running. I manage to escape them and run away. I run all the way back home. I'm safe at last.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhf2g5e2PB5
I say, "Mom? I'm home!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAPshpeqy89q
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My mother comes running out of the kitchen.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMcGLzam8a7
"Allie! I can't believe it's you. You're home! Come here, I've got something special for you." I run into my mom's arms and hug her. I've been away for so long.269Please respect copyright.PENANAbbn9fVxQHM
"I missed you so much, I was worried about you!" she says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUTE28ReDcK
"I missed you, too." My mother leads me into the kitchen.269Please respect copyright.PENANAm8UxuSYHr7
I say, "Where's dad?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXuxxai4y0w
"He's in the living room." I go to the living room. My father is watching television.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsFJqECNPSw
"Dad, I'm home!" I say. My father turns around and looks at me. I run up and hug my dad.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7mAwsk8IJN
"I missed you so much," he says. My mother hands me a glass of water. I sit down at the table.269Please respect copyright.PENANAgqlU0LNaHd
My father says, "Where have you been?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAMAzkbPCjHQ
I say, "I was kidnapped by a cult."269Please respect copyright.PENANAcyw89GxVF4
"Did they hurt you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzgNkQHzvHw
"Yeah," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2RrvYUuZjg
"I'm sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAu0utKZ2dym
"It's not your fault." I hear a knock on the front door.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfgR2yZLY2F
"Who could that be?" my mother says. My father gets up and walks over to the door. He opens it. Two policemen walk in.269Please respect copyright.PENANARnWRpzSA6i
"Is Allie in here?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAavjXdgpnQt
My dad says, "Yes, why?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAE1nXLALR1V
"We have some questions for her regarding the kidnapping of a young girl earlier this week," one of the policemen says. "Is she willing to answer some questions?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAniV9kK8kHN
"Of course she is." I walk towards the cops.269Please respect copyright.PENANAIi78MAbXyE
"Do you have any weapons on you?" one of the cops asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3VDJix8iNe
"No." I respond,269Please respect copyright.PENANAfWrHP248qg
"Can we come in?"269Please respect copyright.PENANANiXvH1fJN1
"Sure," I say. The cops follow me into the kitchen. They walk past my dad and sit down at the table. They motion for me to sit down, too.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVGND2qRfET
"Okay, why were you kidnapped?"269Please respect copyright.PENANATF0Cla28mL
I say, "I don't know."269Please respect copyright.PENANAEEpGePHuUp
"We know that the man you encountered on the road called you by name. Did he tell you his name?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA5XLhN6Z8th
"No." I say,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMUlorDBKJe
"Are you sure?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA2JUis11WBO
"Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwchD1fB4Lo
I say, "He referred to himself as 'Father'.''269Please respect copyright.PENANAT1yTeMLJTQ
"Did he give you any food or water?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXzq96Trab9
"No." I respond.269Please respect copyright.PENANAStjj9Jl8n2
"Did he give you any kind of drugs?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5PmwHO0JN
"No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKHmqM6Ud3V
"What did he do to you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA3xHTemVAzS
I say, "He... he sexually assaulted me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYMEZMMQS4J
"Did you fight him?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAgdMmXnxTUp
"I tried."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwNuSkGpBSQ
"What happened?" I pause, trying to think of an answer.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUIeY69KTBk
"I think I blacked out."269Please respect copyright.PENANAsVTTN1d8Sn
"I see."269Please respect copyright.PENANAjd2byAGeIw
I say, "He severely beat me numerous times.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAvGl0ACKhLM
"And how long were you with him?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA75aMpavgPi
"I think about ten hours."269Please respect copyright.PENANAd46VIUxelo
"And you only just managed to escape?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAAFSWBuIKPW
"Yeah."269Please respect copyright.PENANAViXfuuhi4u
"Do you know where you were?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAdgBlM8Tz4Y
I say "No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAoc7BM1fTRf
"What is the last thing you remember?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA41EvQan6Yc
"I remember walking down the road."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhuiZvyy6kW
"And then?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAptyy6LW8Cw
"I don't remember."269Please respect copyright.PENANACwav1XClWc
"Do you know how you got away?"269Please respect copyright.PENANASoXfY3Fsyu
I say, "I just ran,"269Please respect copyright.PENANANZoXu18Tno
"Okay, why don't you tell me what happened, from the beginning."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqetr6ImxwB
I explain what happened to me, starting with the encounter on the road, ending with running away from the cultists.269Please respect copyright.PENANAAXNukHgS9J
I say, "So that's how it all happened."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuMAVZUiPeG
"What do you mean?" one of the cops asks. "I say you blacked out, and then you woke up and ran away. So did he drug you or something?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzc6Bqab4Kl
"I don't know." Suddenly I hear gunshots outside the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAkH6v6MqlLw
"What was that?" one of the cops asks,269Please respect copyright.PENANAHqC4n8AXOn
"Stay here, we're going to check it out." my dad says, and heads outside. I run outside with my dad. He tells me to hide behind a bush.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUuq7QGpgid
"Go hide over there," my father points to a bush about thirty feet from the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe9Nu1s27O0
I hide behind the bush and watch the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMfEjivTstQ
I see a man who I recognize as the person who kidnapped me.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2koXSgujOi
He has a gun and is shooting at my dad. I watch with tears in my eyes as my dad falls to the ground.269Please respect copyright.PENANA54xMjfpyxj
"You fucking son of a bitch!" I yell as I charge at my kidnapper. I push him down, and beat him repeatedly in the head with my fist. I then take his gun and shoot him in the head with it.269Please respect copyright.PENANAg3lvrsK9hj
I drop to my knees over his body and sob.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFCawWTuZ3r
After a few minutes the police officers arrive at the house. They rush towards me and place handcuffs on me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAl5IyCzyWlg
I say, "He was my kidnapper! Please, trust me!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAY6wTDUqqtj
"We'll take care of everything, don't worry." one of the officers says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAKe40Yp7S8X
"I'm sorry, but we need to take you with us, it's for your own safety." I'm thrown in the back of the cop car.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK0CVqh1JKO
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I try to open the door to get out, but the cops slam it shut. I try to bang on the window, but no one seems to notice me, except my mom, standing on the front porch looking at me with tears in her eyes.269Please respect copyright.PENANADz7GvjewFG
I sob in the back of the cop car. I am being taken to the police station, and I don't know what to expect.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwdbQAvSjlj
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At the police station, I am strip searched and placed in a cell.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzT2G9sFj4E
I say, "Please, the man I killed was the one who kidnapped me and murdered my father!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA16lAj3w3aS
"Calm down, we'll get you a lawyer and he'll take care of everything."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAYaDzvg3K3
"But I didn't do anything wrong!" I collapse on the cell floor and start crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAGL3O6ddmmJ
"I'm sorry, we'll get you someone who can explain it to the judge."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQZSBcmzxoT
I don't really know how much time passes, but I am released from the cell after some time.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdFASpkFfrS
"We'll get you someone who can explain it to the judge, I promise." I am taken to a different cell and left alone. I sob and cry for what seems like hours. I cry about what I did, cry about being in prison, cry about being a murderer. Eventually, I stop crying and just sit there on the bed, surrounded by concrete walls. I fall asleep on the jail bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzYUUk8DADp
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I am woken up by a man in a suit.269Please respect copyright.PENANASilIPhc0E9
"Get up." he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAVSu1YYQ5ph
"Why am I here?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAoVZBb0Jty8
"Because you murdered a man, and you tried to murder another."269Please respect copyright.PENANAPZJmB0njSh
I say, "He fucking kidnapped me for Christ's sake!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAPbrkwVeV0j
"Shut the fuck up." He says, "Get dressed. We're getting you a lawyer."269Please respect copyright.PENANAioCxYdAOLi
I am taken to a holding area, a small room with a table in it. A man sits behind the desk.269Please respect copyright.PENANArYqoKp7CBE
I sit down.269Please respect copyright.PENANATBn2Tf3LzL
"Okay, how can I help you?" he asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZadFJrigFG
"I was kidnapped and assaulted, and I killed someone while trying to escape."269Please respect copyright.PENANAx7NyK7nzSd
"I see. Do you have a lawyer?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAg5vJCJCTCk
I say, "No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuh5AxmTU7r
"I see. Would you like one appointed to you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAT7xcCROHwI
I respond, "Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANATS9CA5dEcq
"Okay, I'll get the judge on the phone. I'll have them call you. A lawyer will be there in a moment." A few moments later, a middle aged woman wearing a dress walks in. I look up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAT3L49BP1sq
"Hello, Miss, do you need a lawyer?" the woman asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYaDFhMiXc3
"Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAyiWLq1hlS0
"Okay, I'll get the judge on the phone for you, let's just wait a moment."269Please respect copyright.PENANAco2Sa0l0kv
I sit down, and wait a few minutes. Then, a man in a suit walks in,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMNbsKH9EHC
I say, "Hi."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4FqT04DAWa
The man looks at me, and then walks up to the woman.269Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Ow3GBjwU
"Yes, Judge?" the woman asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFLpjUtE9QQ
"Get me a lawyer for this 15 year old girl." the man says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAywpvGBa2eR
"Right away," says the woman.269Please respect copyright.PENANAcmD32km2hC
She turns to me, "Okay, we'll get you a lawyer. He should be here in a moment. He'll explain everything to you, and he'll help you with your story. You just wait here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKYnhkaHr0U
I say, "Okay."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKJe7iD4K4O
A few moments later, a man walks in. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAcp4nYMFnT2
"Hello. I'm your lawyer. Now, you can wait here, or you can come with me." I follow the man.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPSo1uSaLAc
I am led down a set of stairs, and into a basement. There, I see a large table. I sit at one of the chairs.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3R1pSI9L4d
The man walks into the room, and says, "Okay, why did you murder a man?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAo5zyHyRaFt
"He kidnapped me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAL8JJDQsREI
"Okay, why did you try to murder another?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAWLgVXQQ04p
I say, "He tried to stab me."269Please respect copyright.PENANArb4CWXvxs7
"Who was he?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAmB3bNMHEkM
"I don't know."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVOTkCxJRqB
"Where did you get the knife?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAMzGMI1mVag
"He had it in his pocket."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZXNpqct9B5
"Did he threaten you in any way?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAgRpVuEnXpZ
I say "Yes. He frequently beat me and sexually assaulted me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbB103ymVye
"Okay, now, that's a new one. Anything else?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAHNvo3MfYk9
"No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAayG6oT8kMA
"You sure? Think hard."269Please respect copyright.PENANAY8PUdyDKQF
I think for a few moments, trying to remember anything else the man said or did.269Please respect copyright.PENANANYUop0p3bG
I say, "He killed my father."269Please respect copyright.PENANADIMgriPwgm
"What?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAsfooesXk3J
I say, "When I ran away and made it back home, the man tracked where I ran to and shot my father."269Please respect copyright.PENANAkqNBXJEt7w
"Your father? I'm very sorry to hear that. You know, I don't think that you're a murderer. I think that you were kidnapped and forced to do what you did." I try to hold back tears. "I'm going to get you a doctor to examine you. I think you might be experiencing some emotional trauma and it's affecting you. Would you like to see a doctor?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAcrvVVQxwkx
"Y-yes.." I say shakily.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUs5tytJfcT
The man nods, and a man in a suit walks into the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjnTH7gZEl8
"Ah, there you are." he says, "I have Doctor Dershian here. He wants to examine you."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4O0v3juqq
I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ4V1tzLXr
The man in the suit leaves the room, and another man enters the room. He is wearing a lab coat.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsqF7RIETe7
He says, "Hello. Why don't you come with me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVwdYqzJa8t
I follow him.269Please respect copyright.PENANApi64km5JmR
He leads me up the stairs, and into a room. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAcLzmjgnJKW
"Okay, why don't you tell me what happened?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAEbYJAS5h2V
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I say, "A-a man kidnapped me and abused and sexually assaulted m-me..."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qmi0E0MIP
"Alright. Take a seat."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYJRacE3WPw
The man is Doctor Dershian. He asks me a few questions about the events leading up to the murder, and about my emotional state now.269Please respect copyright.PENANAoaz7mN4n7o
I say, "More than a few times the man made me think about killing myself.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAnrxDJJEKTs
"Really? You tried to kill yourself?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAChsQz0byxH
"Yes.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhozpd3QmVz
"I see. Do you feel suicidal now?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAD0VjSTQpBT
I say, "Not really. I'm just really emotionally shattered."269Please respect copyright.PENANAcVNYJaE7w2
"Okay, I'll get someone to take you to a counselor. You just wait here," Doctor Dershian says, and walks out of the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPuCYKpA3vf
I feel like the whole situation is about to make me explode.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsm31sUfB7M
A few minutes later, Doctor Dershian returns.269Please respect copyright.PENANASKJqpNSitd
I say, "D-doctor.. I-I feel suicidal right n-now..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZMzjEIzFOg
"Suicidal?" Doctor Dershian asks, "What makes you say that?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA0VLsZK0GNh
I say, "The situation is just too much for me to handle."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbiqIe7tEHs
"I see. Would you like to go to a counselor?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAhTx7wZMIs0
"Y-yes, please." Doctor Dershian is about to say something, but is interrupted by the door opening. I look up. In walks a man in a white, long, lab coat. He looks very serious. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAxCgxDllKMe
"I'm Doctor Kessel. I'm here to evaluate you." I try to stand up but collapse to the floor. Doctor Kessel immediately calls for a nurse. The nurse walks in, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMDDEXq3zoX
"What is it?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA4IibryWpYQ
Doctor Kessel says,269Please respect copyright.PENANA3o9vQZQNsj
"This patient is suicidal." I lie on the floor sobbing.269Please respect copyright.PENANALI0fCh7k3G
A few minutes later, a nurse walks back into the room and helps me to my feet. She holds my hand and helps me to a chair. I sit down, and try to stop crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFijbeUIllz
I say, "Why me??? Why does this all have to happen to ME??" The nurse looks at me with sympathy, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANA3TnVqVti1n
"I'm sorry, but that's part of the evaluation. We need to find out why you're suicidal. We want to help you."269Please respect copyright.PENANA58WzSbq9Fw
I say, "Why did I have to get kidnapped? Why was I the one to be abused? Why did I have to become a murderer? WHY ME??"269Please respect copyright.PENANALvMecZsXM3
The nurse shakes her head, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAOArxaswf9p
"I'm sorry. We'll talk about this after we finish the evaluation. Right now, we need to do some tests." I try to not cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfVYIMXJNUz
I feel so helpless. I feel so out of control, and I can't do anything to change this. I go over to a table, and the nurse helps me remove my clothes. I feel like I'm slowly dying inside. I don't even care.269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Fy2vT2gfm
The nurse helps me into a gown, and I lie down on the examination table. She cleans and checks my inner and outer thighs, my genitalia, and my breasts. I try to calm down and breathe normally. The nurse says,269Please respect copyright.PENANArHvdB5EYN0
"I need to do a blood draw, and a urine sample. I need your help with this." I comply, and the nurse takes my blood. At this point, I don't even feel the pain. I just want to die.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuSXtwpnZPt
After a few minutes, the nurse comes back and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMlONphKauf
"Okay, come with me." I get up and follow the nurse into a different room. I try to maintain my composure. The nurse says, "I need to check your blood pressure. I need you to lay down on the table and get on all fours." I lay down and get on all fours. Suddenly, I start having horrific flashbacks about the kidnapping. My heart rate goes up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzFBXtcBpmt
The nurse says, "Okay, your BP is a little high. I need to do an ultrasound to check your kidneys, and a CAT scan to check your brain." I start to shake and cry. I feel like the world is weighing down on me. I want to give up. The nurse tries to console me, and she says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAPZrGupDu4R
"Everything is going to be okay. You'll see your family soon." I slowly calm down. I start to feel a little more at ease. I breathe deeply and start to fall asleep on the table.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEuHZ5zKikV
A few minutes later, I wake up. The nurse is there, and she is smiling at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAf7tSY73O5P
I say "Where am I?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVLOHQkBNuB
"You're in a hospital room. We moved you to a private room because you were so hysterical and it was so crowded. You were also vomiting blood. It's going to be okay."269Please respect copyright.PENANATL5VmKfVAz
I say, "Am I diagnosed with insanity?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVcDdJQS2
The nurse smiles sadly, "No, but they're still determining that. It's going to be a few days before they give you a diagnosis. In the meantime, you'll be monitored, and you can have visitors."269Please respect copyright.PENANAijiFtmdJ3f
I say, "I want to see my mom..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAdncfPad9Qu
The nurse interrupts me and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAjmB9K9lGxv
"I'm sorry, but I need to do some tests. I'm going to be back to let you know when you can have visitors."269Please respect copyright.PENANApSYr6hatGM
"O-okay.." I say as I feel the tears welling up again. The nurse leaves the room, and I cry for a few minutes. I feel so helpless. I can't do anything to help myself.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWhBMKDrMiM
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A few hours later, my mom comes to visit.269Please respect copyright.PENANAn3lRtkm5XD
"M-mom.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAkHe7a1czLT
My mom walks into the room, and gives me a big hug.269Please respect copyright.PENANANxsmJbtAsA
"I'm so glad to see you, baby! I've been so worried."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQTxxLnkpeu
I say, "I feel like I'm going crazy mom. Why did life have to do this to me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAmXx9stn1LR
"I know honey. I've been thinking the same thing. They said they're going to keep you here for a few more days, and they're going to keep an eye on you."269Please respect copyright.PENANAHqITTx9w2b
"I-I love you mom," I say as I start crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwTG7Q5PRdj
"I love you too, sweetie. I want to be there with you. I want to do something to make you feel better. Do you think you could pray with me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAqpCmekd6Ok
"Yes.." I say quietly.269Please respect copyright.PENANAd7TY0GBX8S
I say a prayer with my mom, and I feel calm and at ease.269Please respect copyright.PENANACMdJFglQ4m
After we pray, my mom asks if I want to talk about what happened.269Please respect copyright.PENANArsXiJSc0qA
I say, "If I start talking about that, I'm going to start sobbing and I won't be able to control myself.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAoY5aTtP9hB
"I know honey, but you need to get it out. Get everything out. Don't hold anything in. It's eating at you, and it's making you sick."269Please respect copyright.PENANAB1Db6F5Uuy
I say, "Why did that man kidnap me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANADwAX5cTAmH
"I don't know honey. We'll find out soon. I'll talk to the doctor when he comes in, and I'll find out what's going on. I promise."269Please respect copyright.PENANAy0hWJZoj1F
I say, "Once this is all resolved, are the cult members gonna be thrown in prison?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzdAr7RT7aJ
"I don't know, honey. I hope so. I don't think there's a jury that would convict them. I'll do what I can to make sure that happens."269Please respect copyright.PENANAsjUyLFg4B5
I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAfHN1LQvSGT
My mom spends the rest of my visit in the hospital room, and we don't say another word to each other. After my visit is over, I spend a couple of hours in the empty hospital room. I start crying again. I feel so helpless, and I can't do anything to help myself. I don't know when I will get another visit, or if I'll ever get out of this hospital. I cry myself to sleep. I wake up, wishing this was all just a bad dream. I hope that when I get out of the hospital, everything will be back to normal, and I'll just live my life with no problems. The nurse walks into the hospital room.269Please respect copyright.PENANANivohGA3P4
"I'm so sorry to wake you, but I need to speak with you. It's very important."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbofqwddr1N
I wipe the tears off my face.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdFwYOJIZem
I say, "What is it? What's wrong?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAUE2JH4IRHa
"Your tests came back, and you tested positive for.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVa30SPLXzR
I say, "What? What did I test positive for?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA3xBbOim9nB
"I'm so, so sorry. I wish I could tell you. I really do. You tested positive for.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAEzEU7SjZ8h
I say, "Tell me!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAxGetWKsZbD
"A sexually transmitted disease. I'm so, so sorry, dear."269Please respect copyright.PENANA5RrSySuk61
My heart drops.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMMelIvpX54
I feel so ashamed. I cry myself to sleep again.269Please respect copyright.PENANA0bqkp1zudP
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In the morning, I get my visitors.269Please respect copyright.PENANAExJlfcwy92
My sister, Charlotte, visits me. She asks me what's wrong. I can't even answer her. I just cry. I feel so ashamed of myself. Charlotte starts to leave the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWoBhHQcju4
I say, "Wait!" She stops.269Please respect copyright.PENANANdzAO4kkS2
"What is it?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAIDuj5fJ3l0
I say, "I need a hug.." Charlotte wraps her arms around me, and I cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAXxhTPICiWu
I eventually gather the strength to tell my sister what the doctor said.269Please respect copyright.PENANAGFrnXHfknJ
I say, "The doctor said I have a.. Std..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuOvkD9JIFu
"I know, sis. I'm so, so sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAaBXpXAOLuU
I cry myself to sleep.269Please respect copyright.PENANAaOVgqjnDtQ
The next day, I get another visit from my mom.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsUcGK0aXyX
"How are you doing, honey?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAERte3BA5Qn
I say, "Horrible.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9VWuC5fw1
She walks over and sits next to me on the bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe9ZE97VjuH
"I heard about you testing positive for a sexually transmitted disease. I'm so sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAmaHEmzFfis
I say, "I'm so ashamed..."269Please respect copyright.PENANANbfDuJQDbU
"It's not your fault, honey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ1aziH8he
I start crying again.269Please respect copyright.PENANAY5bbyBEQ3p
"I'll get you some tissues, honey. You can cry on them. Cry your heart out."269Please respect copyright.PENANAxu7Bji8eoq
I cry myself to sleep in my mother's arms. I wake up the next morning. I'm not as tired as I was yesterday. Maybe the doctor gave me some new medication, or maybe I'm just getting used to being here. I don't feel any emotions. I feel empty and dead inside. I don't care about anything. I don't feel any guilt or shame.269Please respect copyright.PENANAKrm7vRVZ9h
Maybe I'm dead after all.269Please respect copyright.PENANAt2yamDAbqz
Maybe this is what it feels like to be nothing. I get a visit from my lawyer.269Please respect copyright.PENANADdXgnIyXK0
"I heard the test results, and I'm here to ask you if you would like to pursue this case. You tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease, so the chances of us winning are pretty slim."269Please respect copyright.PENANAeDBOAQbsWe
"I don't even know anymore," I say as I shed a tear.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZnZt8XWfMO
"I understand. If you don't want to pursue this case, then I'll get someone who will."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAfiXbn6sBQ
I say, "I still want to win this."269Please respect copyright.PENANAB4EJeTXa2o
"Well, it's up to you, then. I'll go get our legal team, and we can get started."269Please respect copyright.PENANAlvgw1r0mjO
I spend the next few weeks resting in my hospital room. I don't have any visitors. I have forgotten what life is like outside the hospital. I don't even want to leave my hospital room. I spend my days watching reruns of Friends and crying. One day the nurse comes into the room and says, "I've got good news."269Please respect copyright.PENANAtmD6Hpsoxp
"Really?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVImzGBbCwB
"Yeah, your doctor says you can go home today."269Please respect copyright.PENANAzRdXSUdbe9
I start crying, and I can't stop.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuLQ8yB742g
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I spend my time at home resting. I don't do anything. One day I decide to walk outside.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsOPcIT6KGQ
I get out my patio door, and I don't turn around and go back inside. I don't know why, but I just have this urge to walk outside.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHsd6DSiS3d
I stand in the middle of my lawn.The smell of fresh air makes me emotional. I start crying happy tears. I walk over to my flower bed and pick a few flowers to smell. I smell them, and then throw them in the air and watch them float away. They are so pretty, and they smell so good.269Please respect copyright.PENANAbJE19iAgeY
My mom opens the front door and says, "What are you doing?" I turn around to see her standing there.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfvpwTj2Kuj
"I wanted to see the flowers."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZi1JcU8CZm
"Why are you out of your room?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAFtysCxkg4t
"I don't know. I just felt like walking outside."269Please respect copyright.PENANATpuiM3HC91
I say, "I've been cooped up in a room for way too long."269Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2ojyArUn6
"Yeah, I know what you mean," my mom says. She picks me up and gives me a big hug.269Please respect copyright.PENANARI6GyQg4H9
"Thank you for being you."269Please respect copyright.PENANALOLOIuzETn
"You don't have to thank me." I see the next-door neighbor's son walk out to get the mail. I look at him fascinated. He has no fear. He doesn't know what it's like to be scared. He doesn't know what it feels like to live in a nightmare.269Please respect copyright.PENANALzVxINv8h6
I make a decision.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhLXDdfTsCa
I walk up to the neighbor's boy and say, "Hi!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAJHJmsoOI2D
"What's your name?"269Please respect copyright.PENANApokDGc0dN4
"Allisa," I say, smiling.269Please respect copyright.PENANA8axoTM1TQM
"I'm Carter. What are you doing out of your room?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAteMObHtg9i
I say, "I just wanted to get some fresh air."269Please respect copyright.PENANArit64av0IX
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I had this urge to walk outside too." He laughs.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzyiiTqMnPG
I say, "Well I gotta go back inside.." I go back inside and go to bed. I don't know why I feel so empty. I want to fill this void. I want to find something to fill all of this space.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOmbuIw70BO
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Your life as a pet is very degrading. You aren't allowed on furniture, you're not allowed to speak unless spoken to, and you're not allowed to do anything without the permission of Father, whom you are forced to address as Master. You aren't even called by your name. Instead, you are simply called Pet. Right now you're sitting on the ground inside Father's study, which is in a building known as the Community Center, staring out of the window.269Please respect copyright.PENANAetH31QyuB4
The study is large and furnished with a desk and chair, some bookshelves with many old books, and that's about it. The door to the room creaks open and Father steps inside, his golden hair and eyes sparking in the sunlight. He walks over to his desk and sees you staring out the window.269Please respect copyright.PENANAvWrR5lnJAP
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He sighs and sits down in his chair. "What is it, child?" he asks, with a tone that makes me feel like he is disappointed in me. "Why are you looking out the window?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXhJWLz0pI0
"I just want to go home," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPTC3jmOMtf
Father sighs again. "Child, I know you miss your home, but we're not going anywhere for a while." He sits back in his chair. I start to cry, and Father stares at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANABUlZT5H2LR
"Why are you crying?" he asks, with a small amount of anger in his voice. I cry even harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANAx8KRDVIfyS
Father sighs.269Please respect copyright.PENANAgkq0umm0Vp
I say "I don't want to stay here!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAyROhJI8SIH
Father gets up from his chair and walks over to me and kneels down in front of me. I look at the ground and Father grabs my chin and forces me to look at him. I look into his eyes. His eyes are cold, like stone. He stares at me with no emotion whatsoever.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7LC9R6qbQq
There's no compassion, no sympathy. I'm just a thing to be used. He will use me for his own benefit, and then he will get rid of me. I need to get out of here. I stand up quickly and bolt for the door.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiGRZ75ZTgQ
"Stop!" he shouts, but I already hear his footsteps behind me. I open the door and run out. I run past the cult members, who only stare at me in awe, some whispering among themselves. I run until I come to a large oak tree. I climb the tree, which is only a few feet away from the ground. I find a branch that I think is strong enough to hold me, and climb up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAQNC6ZE4vrG
I can hear Father's footsteps getting closer. I hide myself in the branches of the tree.269Please respect copyright.PENANAf3OD1SXPdR
Father comes to the tree, his footsteps getting closer and closer to the tree. He stops, staring at the tree.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzsMFw8yxt4
"Pet, come down from the tree."269Please respect copyright.PENANABJCn5IUrzv
I stay silent.269Please respect copyright.PENANAU49tSBJX6O
"Pet, I know you're in there. Come down from the tree right now or else I won't only punish you, I'll make your siblings suffer too. Do you want that to happen?" I come down from the tree and land on the ground with a thud. Father grabs me, and I struggle against his grip, but I can't escape.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUQfnR4ZobK
"Come with me, child." I am dragged along by Father.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjRLKdqNoVJ
I struggle as I walk with him, but I can't get away. We walk for what seems like forever, and then we finally come to a large, circular room. I look around the room. The room is circular, with no windows, and only two doors. One door is at the very center of the room, while the other is at the very edge.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3kMlXWLErM
I struggle against Father, who only laughs at me. I struggle against him for what seems like an eternity, but he keeps a firm grip on me, and I can't get away. I sigh and decide it's best to just give up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWMYDKdpKLV
Father grabs my chin, and I look at him.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7irm8hnVC0
"Don't make me have to punish you, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYdGb1lAYmj
I say, "What are you going to do to me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAhhX4L0CmQ0
Father smiles. "I'm going to punish you in a way that you'll enjoy." He releases me. I drop to the ground, exhausted..269Please respect copyright.PENANADoTVjn7GGc
I say, "Please don't hurt me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAOCe1UF4TvS
Father laughs. "I'm not going to hurt you, child. I'm going to make you scream. I'm going to make you wish you were dead."269Please respect copyright.PENANAw5MPVFZe6v
I say, "Please don't!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y9b7UX9nU
Father laughs. "Don't worry, I won't kill you. But I will make you wish you were dead, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANARlnJ0w7c4N
I say, "What does that mean?" Father laughs. He picks me up and throws me on the bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANA9vtxffiizw
"You'll find out soon enough, child."269Please respect copyright.PENANAlx77OLU2e2
Then he leaves the room, closing the door behind him. I wait.269Please respect copyright.PENANA0UAOITyCJI
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It's the last day of the school year. Finally... I've been waiting for summer vacation since the first day of the school year. I'm almost halfway between the school and my house, feeling happier than ever. Suddenly... darkness. I would have never thought that the last day of my sophomore year would be the last normal day of my life..269Please respect copyright.PENANAmmyZYo32hZ
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269Please respect copyright.PENANAaF1l2ftibsI wait for what seems like forever, but he eventually comes back. He sits on the chair by the door. He looks at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZAMyY2OZBh
"Are you ready, child?"269Please respect copyright.PENANARpWoEqcQzh
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I nod and say, "Y-yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwVMoUQLlC5
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"Good. Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to bind your hands together. Then I'm going to blindfold you. Then, I'm going to have you stand in the middle of the circle."269Please respect copyright.PENANAm8ygIa4Z9K
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I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANA0ELW3gndBb
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I stand there, and Father ties my hands together, then blindfolds me. Father takes out the blindfold and places it over my eyes. I feel his hands on my shoulders, and start to feel uncomfortable.269Please respect copyright.PENANARFP8aXHb3a
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I hear him say, "Bend your knees and keep your eyes forward." I do as I'm told.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfQr3R4IzLe
He says "Now, walk forward, slowly."269Please respect copyright.PENANAW10ZNaPeIQ
I feel his hands on my lower back and begin walking. I walk forward, and my feet move, taking me forward. My legs continue walking, taking me further and further away from Father. My heart is pounding in my ears. Then, I reach the center of the circle.269Please respect copyright.PENANAXbUkXFXxAY
Father says "Good. Stay there."269Please respect copyright.PENANAeym1fSYiUI
I feel his hands on my shoulders. I hear him say, "Don't look back, child. It'll make things much worse." I stay there. Then, I hear Father's footsteps. I hear his footsteps stop. I stand perfectly still. Father says, "Well, well, well. Look at you." I wonder what's going on. I don't move, even though I can't see. I wait. I stand perfectly still and wait. I hear his footsteps walking toward me. I wait.269Please respect copyright.PENANAIRqK1bzY8S
I stand perfectly still. His footsteps stop. His hands grab my shoulders, and I tense up. His hands push me down. I fall to the ground, and my head smacks into the cold, hard ground. I wince. I lie there, waiting. I wait for a long time, but then I hear his footsteps. They get louder... closer. My heart rate goes up. I wait. I tense up. I stay still. His footsteps stop.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPs5KZT85A1
He must be right next to me. I hold my breath. I wait. I stay still.269Please respect copyright.PENANAutGnK4LnuM
His hands touch my face. I tense up even more. His hands slide down my body, and my knees get weak. He unbuttons my blouse. His hands slide up my bra. I want to scream. He unzips my pants. His hands slide down my panties. I scream,"Stop!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAHvOEftK3La
"Please!" I whisper.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7EhzyNR5po
He pulls down my underwear, and he takes his time. His fingers slide inside of me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK92A4tvue3
I scream loudly.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYBhVm0ef2i
My scream echoes throughout the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjLZ4GLeP68
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" he shouts.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJNuaL9Fmns
His fingers slide faster. I scream louder.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjIoLgeevRW
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" he shouts. I try not to moan.269Please respect copyright.PENANAItNX5uDE1h
My body shakes. My legs shake. I can't control it. My body gives in to the pleasure. I moan and shake--my body trembles. My moans get louder and louder.269Please respect copyright.PENANACKNph1NKNf
I say "P-please s-stop.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAdO4R6K6iM
He stops for a moment, before sliding his fingers inside of me again. I stay still, and soon, I begin to come down from my orgasm. I lie there, panting. My hands are tied tightly together. I start sobbing.269Please respect copyright.PENANArZJTlIOTPm
He pulls his fingers out of me. I wince and groan. I'm sore from the orgasm. I lie there, sobbing. I feel him sit down next to me. He unties my hands. I cry harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4BFCBrd7HL
He pulls the blindfold off of me, and I see that there are several men standing around, staring at me. I try to cover myself, but one of the men pulls the blanket off of me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhxjHFgCN5b
"What's the matter, huh?" one of the men says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAScEDm81i0t
"Look at her," another says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAIu9EAJVidl
I say "Please leave me alone."269Please respect copyright.PENANAexMDkZUy1A
"Let's see if she's a virgin," another says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVJnl03SmFC
"I'm a virgin," I say, trying to cover myself.269Please respect copyright.PENANAqR0xDQx9o6
"We'll see. Let's see."269Please respect copyright.PENANANmy47xUvA7
I say "No no no.." They laugh.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOLmlq4FInt
"Look at her. She's a dirty little slut," one of them says.269Please respect copyright.PENANARoMd34VTyV
"Let's see if she's a filthy little cocksucker," another says. I say "Please leave me alone!" They laugh. They grab me. They forcefully violate me. I start sobbing. I'm crying, and I can't stop. My tears are falling down my face.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2ogeBqYFI5
They untie me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAywQP6CmpP8
I lie there, naked and sobbing. I'm sore, and my butt is sore. I keep crying harder. After a while, I hear a voice.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2bC9rodFEK
"Ah... you're up," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdJB1uJW8GC
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269Please respect copyright.PENANAzfXwbdfx54"Huh?" I say, confused. I slowly get up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAC0qj35nHub
"Where were you?" he asks,269Please respect copyright.PENANAlTTv19g9Id
I say, "T-they were hurting me...."269Please respect copyright.PENANAWYE52EIiNe
"I know. We were worried about you. We thought you might be a virgin. You were."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXuusndsaTO
Father smiles.269Please respect copyright.PENANApNCEemzVCy
"Get dressed. We have work to do," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdLCl2FT8iq
I say, "I can't handle this anymore. I can't stay here any longer. This is too much."269Please respect copyright.PENANAMjfdhCmjAf
"I know," Father says. "But you have to. You're my favorite. You can't run away."269Please respect copyright.PENANA9QrNzRb8nv
"I can't stand it anymore," I say, trying to get up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPj4QdjfQlN
I say, "I don't want to be abused anymore."269Please respect copyright.PENANAx0yPV0hPwN
"I know. But you need to do this. It's for the good of the cult."269Please respect copyright.PENANAobc9q7qx57
"I'm leaving," I say, trying to walk away.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPjU4vcTf5a
Father grabs my arm. I struggle.269Please respect copyright.PENANAECjxiu3KgP
"Look, I know you're upset, but you're going to have to get over it. You need to stop struggling. I won't let you leave."269Please respect copyright.PENANABRPROc8HrE
I say, "Please let me go!"269Please respect copyright.PENANATQOLmH32XS
"I'm not letting you go. We need you. I need you. I'm your master, and you're my pet. I own you, and you obey me," Father says. I say, "I will not stay here any longer."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4NKG0N1rKE
"You will," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYymCDeOP45
"I said I won't!" I say. Father gets angry. He pulls me to my feet. He slaps me hard across the face.269Please respect copyright.PENANAtiDLuz5KTW
"You WILL!" I start crying hard. I cry as hard as I can, and Father laughs.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4QQN0SNZ9d
"I own you," he says, "You obey me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXMGLtBjdhI
I cry and sob hard. I sob for a long time before Father comes up behind me and slaps me hard.269Please respect copyright.PENANALxX4TOSElL
"Stop crying," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEo5RULykpd
"I can't!"269Please respect copyright.PENANApO3gds6cPB
Father grabs me and hits me hard across the face again.269Please respect copyright.PENANASDrkvoW4Lg
"Stop it!" I cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHG6OwZnD2G
"I said stop it!" he yells,269Please respect copyright.PENANAo513rX1gvm
"I can't," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANALwVKDGM0h4
I say, "I want to kill myself!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANALqu8djt29d
"NO!" Father screams.269Please respect copyright.PENANAl8E2tcv0cr
"I'm not going to hit you anymore. I'm not going to hit you anymore. But you need to stop crying. You need to stop being so pathetic." I slowly stop crying. "You're going to stay here with us. You're going to learn. You're going to obey. You're going to be a good member of the cult. And you're going to love it here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAY5v2846jnh
I say, "I would rather kill myself than be here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhxlMmpAzXN
"NO, you wouldn't," Father says,269Please respect copyright.PENANATQ6lGSHGJe
"I would. I really would."269Please respect copyright.PENANAiEbGmx89XE
"If you really loved me you would put me out of my misery," I say with tears in my eyes.269Please respect copyright.PENANA4e5TDVxj6m
"I do love you. I do. I'd never hurt you. I'd never hurt a single one of my children. You have to believe me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7lI2nHg2g
I say, "At this point, I have zero trust in you. I'm not going to listen to you. I'm going to leave. I'm going to get help."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqQKXRCHyde
"You're not leaving. You're staying here and you're going to obey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAe4IyHxhYpY
I say, "No I'm not!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAy5njy2rpr5
Father grabs my arm. I shake him off.269Please respect copyright.PENANAc45WITxgOl
"You WILL listen to me!" he screams.269Please respect copyright.PENANASymhmVgjim
I say "No I won't!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAuBVNt7KEz9
"You will!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA6q7JoMRZw1
"I said NO!!!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAZEodLtEDWO
"I'm going to count to three, and if you don't listen, I'm going to beat you like a dog!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA0qjRklVNGN
I say, "I'm sorry! I'll obey and be a good girl!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAkcUHl0B2F3
"I know you will," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANARMuxprxCJo
Father reaches for the whip he keeps behind the door. He cracks it. I flinch, but don't cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAxUjNbKRfJb
He says "One."269Please respect copyright.PENANARz3b0v57pi
I say, "I'll do anything.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAD6L3e7da5I
"Two."269Please respect copyright.PENANArv5WH1m0S1
"I'll stay here. I'll do anything," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEAWrT5wWqV
"Three."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqeLyrmfrSk
I see a gun on the floor. I grab it and put it to my head.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPd6KNv0X5Q
"No, don't do it," Father says.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7oAIPETUlq
I say, "If you promise to not hurt me anymore, I promise to do anything you want."269Please respect copyright.PENANARJ9CzfqEnP
"Fine," Father says. He gets up from the chair and walks over to me. He removes the gun from my head and puts it on the bed. I'm relieved. I put my hands behind my back.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOjZy3grmeV
I let him tie my hands together. I look at him, and he looks at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3vTb7ibaQB
"You're going to be good now, aren't you?" he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAR4DDy2VYal
I say "Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAxrFLlvR6ig
"I don't want you to fail. I need you. I need you to stay here and obey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVp2UnN1sQn
"Yes," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiL5J9fUpnS
"Good girl," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjwtOeIlOwp
I say, "Just.. please don't violate my body."269Please respect copyright.PENANAL9wHasgJVE
"I won't," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzqJDXBUCLo
I stay tied up.269Please respect copyright.PENANACdr75Y1suj
"Now," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAttxTM3YWhK
"Kneel."269Please respect copyright.PENANA1zNH4t1Z9G
"Please," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWpemqTtJwF
I kneel. I do as he says. He steps closer to me, and I feel his breath on my neck.269Please respect copyright.PENANAy5bIIeARK0
I anticipate that he's going to violate my body.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZ36HQiW3Sg
I just know it.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuDabt5j2aA
And then, he doesn't. He whispers in my ear.269Please respect copyright.PENANAs9n05xLC8g
"I have someone coming who will do a better job than me."269Please respect copyright.PENANA9lUBQC90ty
I stand up, and he turns around. I wonder who he's talking about. I try to block out the image of his penis, but I can't. He walks over to the door and disappears.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJgubRI2mff
I'm all alone in the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHQHtJ82RZd
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269Please respect copyright.PENANAKdTuNZEqwaI hear the door open. I look up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAW8rLUB4icl
"Hello," a man says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAvdCt4K9WDX
I recognize him. It's the man who came into my room the first night I was here. I saw him before he abducted me. He walks towards me, and I back up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAI95Ykn9buJ
"Hands behind your back," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAD4CW4gQWBi
I do as he says. I hear the zip ties being undone.269Please respect copyright.PENANADJ7ctwvYpt
"On your knees," he says. I get on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANATDGbJ4z1DX
"Stay there," he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAawatqSdzd1
I stay on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK6ZAyeylyd
He comes up to me, and I can feel him unbutton my shirt. He removes my shirt and he puts his hand on my stomach. I gasp. I can feel his fingers on my skin. I can feel his breath on my skin. He puts his other hand on my head and he pushes my head toward his penis.269Please respect copyright.PENANABIO7TqZAN5
I say "No no no."269Please respect copyright.PENANAX6ZhZiaZKe
"Do it," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVxO0wySwYY
I say no. He pushes harder.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2fcEpMTIZO
"Do it!" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAW0lmysyGMe
I comply. I hear the zip tie undone.269Please respect copyright.PENANAKDT61PiQlj
He unzips his pants. I watch as he pulls his pants down. I can see his penis, it's about an inch and a half long.269Please respect copyright.PENANAo1j4RYZqKg
"Stay there," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAJHJYUhh9ZO
I stay on my knees.269Please respect copyright.PENANAq3h4lyZtk7
He steps up to me and shoves his penis in my throat. I gag and try to get away.269Please respect copyright.PENANAiG8ajxW4Vk
"Stop moving."269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kg9k0OtXI
I struggle and gag on his penis. He shoves it in deeper. I try to gulp it down.269Please respect copyright.PENANAu9GNEdVcy4
He pulls it out of my throat.269Please respect copyright.PENANAkBRxb95m9x
"What's wrong?" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwzubLHIeoV
I can't answer. I'm coughing. I cough and gag.269Please respect copyright.PENANA9lFZXcgUOn
"What?" he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAwxp9hZHbqC
I try to get air. I inhale. I try to get air out.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe0xGqXQe1L
He shoves it back in my throat and I gag on his penis. I cough and vomit. I continue to struggle. He pushes it in even deeper. I have no strength left. My vision goes black. He shoves it out again.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwlgu4QZsdz
"Is this too big for you?" he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANABQ6wlzMWUn
I nod.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUmZnz0sdc0
"I understand," he says, "If you need to vomit, go ahead. I know how to treat a child who vomited before."269Please respect copyright.PENANA96OZWv0OGN
I retch. I heave. I vomit again. I finally gain composure.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdAfbJhwiQr
He shoves it back in.269Please respect copyright.PENANAaRwmHK3yAQ
I decide that vomiting once is enough.269Please respect copyright.PENANA6RJl59QCYC
He shoves it in deeper.269Please respect copyright.PENANAP2pF4VOY4D
I struggle and fight.269Please respect copyright.PENANAx4eic5AGSx
"Stop fighting me," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAxULyZSQVv7
He cums in my mouth and I spit it out.269Please respect copyright.PENANA18M5HR42QD
"Get dressed," he says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAlbZxLiNy4F
I get dressed. He pushes me out the door and shoves me out the door. He closes it behind me. I take the chance to run away. I run away from the cultists as they try to catch me. They shout at me to stop, but I keep running. I manage to escape them and run away. I run all the way back home. I'm safe at last.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhf2g5e2PB5
I say, "Mom? I'm home!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAPshpeqy89q
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My mother comes running out of the kitchen.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMcGLzam8a7
"Allie! I can't believe it's you. You're home! Come here, I've got something special for you." I run into my mom's arms and hug her. I've been away for so long.269Please respect copyright.PENANAbbn9fVxQHM
"I missed you so much, I was worried about you!" she says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUTE28ReDcK
"I missed you, too." My mother leads me into the kitchen.269Please respect copyright.PENANAm8UxuSYHr7
I say, "Where's dad?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXuxxai4y0w
"He's in the living room." I go to the living room. My father is watching television.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsFJqECNPSw
"Dad, I'm home!" I say. My father turns around and looks at me. I run up and hug my dad.269Please respect copyright.PENANA7mAwsk8IJN
"I missed you so much," he says. My mother hands me a glass of water. I sit down at the table.269Please respect copyright.PENANAgqlU0LNaHd
My father says, "Where have you been?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAMAzkbPCjHQ
I say, "I was kidnapped by a cult."269Please respect copyright.PENANAcyw89GxVF4
"Did they hurt you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzgNkQHzvHw
"Yeah," I say.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2RrvYUuZjg
"I'm sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAu0utKZ2dym
"It's not your fault." I hear a knock on the front door.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfgR2yZLY2F
"Who could that be?" my mother says. My father gets up and walks over to the door. He opens it. Two policemen walk in.269Please respect copyright.PENANARnWRpzSA6i
"Is Allie in here?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAavjXdgpnQt
My dad says, "Yes, why?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAE1nXLALR1V
"We have some questions for her regarding the kidnapping of a young girl earlier this week," one of the policemen says. "Is she willing to answer some questions?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAniV9kK8kHN
"Of course she is." I walk towards the cops.269Please respect copyright.PENANAIi78MAbXyE
"Do you have any weapons on you?" one of the cops asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3VDJix8iNe
"No." I respond,269Please respect copyright.PENANAfWrHP248qg
"Can we come in?"269Please respect copyright.PENANANiXvH1fJN1
"Sure," I say. The cops follow me into the kitchen. They walk past my dad and sit down at the table. They motion for me to sit down, too.269Please respect copyright.PENANAVGND2qRfET
"Okay, why were you kidnapped?"269Please respect copyright.PENANATF0Cla28mL
I say, "I don't know."269Please respect copyright.PENANAEEpGePHuUp
"We know that the man you encountered on the road called you by name. Did he tell you his name?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA5XLhN6Z8th
"No." I say,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMUlorDBKJe
"Are you sure?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA2JUis11WBO
"Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwchD1fB4Lo
I say, "He referred to himself as 'Father'.''269Please respect copyright.PENANAT1yTeMLJTQ
"Did he give you any food or water?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAXzq96Trab9
"No." I respond.269Please respect copyright.PENANAStjj9Jl8n2
"Did he give you any kind of drugs?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5PmwHO0JN
"No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKHmqM6Ud3V
"What did he do to you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA3xHTemVAzS
I say, "He... he sexually assaulted me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYMEZMMQS4J
"Did you fight him?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAgdMmXnxTUp
"I tried."269Please respect copyright.PENANAwNuSkGpBSQ
"What happened?" I pause, trying to think of an answer.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUIeY69KTBk
"I think I blacked out."269Please respect copyright.PENANAsVTTN1d8Sn
"I see."269Please respect copyright.PENANAjd2byAGeIw
I say, "He severely beat me numerous times.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAvGl0ACKhLM
"And how long were you with him?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA75aMpavgPi
"I think about ten hours."269Please respect copyright.PENANAd46VIUxelo
"And you only just managed to escape?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAAFSWBuIKPW
"Yeah."269Please respect copyright.PENANAViXfuuhi4u
"Do you know where you were?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAdgBlM8Tz4Y
I say "No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAoc7BM1fTRf
"What is the last thing you remember?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA41EvQan6Yc
"I remember walking down the road."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhuiZvyy6kW
"And then?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAptyy6LW8Cw
"I don't remember."269Please respect copyright.PENANACwav1XClWc
"Do you know how you got away?"269Please respect copyright.PENANASoXfY3Fsyu
I say, "I just ran,"269Please respect copyright.PENANANZoXu18Tno
"Okay, why don't you tell me what happened, from the beginning."269Please respect copyright.PENANAqetr6ImxwB
I explain what happened to me, starting with the encounter on the road, ending with running away from the cultists.269Please respect copyright.PENANAAXNukHgS9J
I say, "So that's how it all happened."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuMAVZUiPeG
"What do you mean?" one of the cops asks. "I say you blacked out, and then you woke up and ran away. So did he drug you or something?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzc6Bqab4Kl
"I don't know." Suddenly I hear gunshots outside the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAkH6v6MqlLw
"What was that?" one of the cops asks,269Please respect copyright.PENANAHqC4n8AXOn
"Stay here, we're going to check it out." my dad says, and heads outside. I run outside with my dad. He tells me to hide behind a bush.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUuq7QGpgid
"Go hide over there," my father points to a bush about thirty feet from the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe9Nu1s27O0
I hide behind the bush and watch the house.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMfEjivTstQ
I see a man who I recognize as the person who kidnapped me.269Please respect copyright.PENANA2koXSgujOi
He has a gun and is shooting at my dad. I watch with tears in my eyes as my dad falls to the ground.269Please respect copyright.PENANA54xMjfpyxj
"You fucking son of a bitch!" I yell as I charge at my kidnapper. I push him down, and beat him repeatedly in the head with my fist. I then take his gun and shoot him in the head with it.269Please respect copyright.PENANAg3lvrsK9hj
I drop to my knees over his body and sob.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFCawWTuZ3r
After a few minutes the police officers arrive at the house. They rush towards me and place handcuffs on me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAl5IyCzyWlg
I say, "He was my kidnapper! Please, trust me!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAY6wTDUqqtj
"We'll take care of everything, don't worry." one of the officers says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAKe40Yp7S8X
"I'm sorry, but we need to take you with us, it's for your own safety." I'm thrown in the back of the cop car.269Please respect copyright.PENANAK0CVqh1JKO
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I try to open the door to get out, but the cops slam it shut. I try to bang on the window, but no one seems to notice me, except my mom, standing on the front porch looking at me with tears in her eyes.269Please respect copyright.PENANADz7GvjewFG
I sob in the back of the cop car. I am being taken to the police station, and I don't know what to expect.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwdbQAvSjlj
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269Please respect copyright.PENANAvOhqEcT4u0At the police station, I am strip searched and placed in a cell.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzT2G9sFj4E
I say, "Please, the man I killed was the one who kidnapped me and murdered my father!"269Please respect copyright.PENANA16lAj3w3aS
"Calm down, we'll get you a lawyer and he'll take care of everything."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAYaDzvg3K3
"But I didn't do anything wrong!" I collapse on the cell floor and start crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAGL3O6ddmmJ
"I'm sorry, we'll get you someone who can explain it to the judge."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQZSBcmzxoT
I don't really know how much time passes, but I am released from the cell after some time.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdFASpkFfrS
"We'll get you someone who can explain it to the judge, I promise." I am taken to a different cell and left alone. I sob and cry for what seems like hours. I cry about what I did, cry about being in prison, cry about being a murderer. Eventually, I stop crying and just sit there on the bed, surrounded by concrete walls. I fall asleep on the jail bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzYUUk8DADp
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I am woken up by a man in a suit.269Please respect copyright.PENANASilIPhc0E9
"Get up." he says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAVSu1YYQ5ph
"Why am I here?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAoVZBb0Jty8
"Because you murdered a man, and you tried to murder another."269Please respect copyright.PENANAPZJmB0njSh
I say, "He fucking kidnapped me for Christ's sake!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAPbrkwVeV0j
"Shut the fuck up." He says, "Get dressed. We're getting you a lawyer."269Please respect copyright.PENANAioCxYdAOLi
I am taken to a holding area, a small room with a table in it. A man sits behind the desk.269Please respect copyright.PENANArYqoKp7CBE
I sit down.269Please respect copyright.PENANATBn2Tf3LzL
"Okay, how can I help you?" he asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZadFJrigFG
"I was kidnapped and assaulted, and I killed someone while trying to escape."269Please respect copyright.PENANAx7NyK7nzSd
"I see. Do you have a lawyer?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAg5vJCJCTCk
I say, "No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuh5AxmTU7r
"I see. Would you like one appointed to you?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAT7xcCROHwI
I respond, "Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANATS9CA5dEcq
"Okay, I'll get the judge on the phone. I'll have them call you. A lawyer will be there in a moment." A few moments later, a middle aged woman wearing a dress walks in. I look up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAT3L49BP1sq
"Hello, Miss, do you need a lawyer?" the woman asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAYaDFhMiXc3
"Yes."269Please respect copyright.PENANAyiWLq1hlS0
"Okay, I'll get the judge on the phone for you, let's just wait a moment."269Please respect copyright.PENANAco2Sa0l0kv
I sit down, and wait a few minutes. Then, a man in a suit walks in,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMNbsKH9EHC
I say, "Hi."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4FqT04DAWa
The man looks at me, and then walks up to the woman.269Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Ow3GBjwU
"Yes, Judge?" the woman asks.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFLpjUtE9QQ
"Get me a lawyer for this 15 year old girl." the man says.269Please respect copyright.PENANAywpvGBa2eR
"Right away," says the woman.269Please respect copyright.PENANAcmD32km2hC
She turns to me, "Okay, we'll get you a lawyer. He should be here in a moment. He'll explain everything to you, and he'll help you with your story. You just wait here."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKYnhkaHr0U
I say, "Okay."269Please respect copyright.PENANAKJe7iD4K4O
A few moments later, a man walks in. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAcp4nYMFnT2
"Hello. I'm your lawyer. Now, you can wait here, or you can come with me." I follow the man.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPSo1uSaLAc
I am led down a set of stairs, and into a basement. There, I see a large table. I sit at one of the chairs.269Please respect copyright.PENANA3R1pSI9L4d
The man walks into the room, and says, "Okay, why did you murder a man?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAo5zyHyRaFt
"He kidnapped me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAL8JJDQsREI
"Okay, why did you try to murder another?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAWLgVXQQ04p
I say, "He tried to stab me."269Please respect copyright.PENANArb4CWXvxs7
"Who was he?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAmB3bNMHEkM
"I don't know."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVOTkCxJRqB
"Where did you get the knife?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAMzGMI1mVag
"He had it in his pocket."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZXNpqct9B5
"Did he threaten you in any way?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAgRpVuEnXpZ
I say "Yes. He frequently beat me and sexually assaulted me."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbB103ymVye
"Okay, now, that's a new one. Anything else?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAHNvo3MfYk9
"No."269Please respect copyright.PENANAayG6oT8kMA
"You sure? Think hard."269Please respect copyright.PENANAY8PUdyDKQF
I think for a few moments, trying to remember anything else the man said or did.269Please respect copyright.PENANANYUop0p3bG
I say, "He killed my father."269Please respect copyright.PENANADIMgriPwgm
"What?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAsfooesXk3J
I say, "When I ran away and made it back home, the man tracked where I ran to and shot my father."269Please respect copyright.PENANAkqNBXJEt7w
"Your father? I'm very sorry to hear that. You know, I don't think that you're a murderer. I think that you were kidnapped and forced to do what you did." I try to hold back tears. "I'm going to get you a doctor to examine you. I think you might be experiencing some emotional trauma and it's affecting you. Would you like to see a doctor?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAcrvVVQxwkx
"Y-yes.." I say shakily.269Please respect copyright.PENANAUs5tytJfcT
The man nods, and a man in a suit walks into the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAjnTH7gZEl8
"Ah, there you are." he says, "I have Doctor Dershian here. He wants to examine you."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4O0v3juqq
I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ4V1tzLXr
The man in the suit leaves the room, and another man enters the room. He is wearing a lab coat.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsqF7RIETe7
He says, "Hello. Why don't you come with me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVwdYqzJa8t
I follow him.269Please respect copyright.PENANApi64km5JmR
He leads me up the stairs, and into a room. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAcLzmjgnJKW
"Okay, why don't you tell me what happened?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAEbYJAS5h2V
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I say, "A-a man kidnapped me and abused and sexually assaulted m-me..."269Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qmi0E0MIP
"Alright. Take a seat."269Please respect copyright.PENANAYJRacE3WPw
The man is Doctor Dershian. He asks me a few questions about the events leading up to the murder, and about my emotional state now.269Please respect copyright.PENANAoaz7mN4n7o
I say, "More than a few times the man made me think about killing myself.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAnrxDJJEKTs
"Really? You tried to kill yourself?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAChsQz0byxH
"Yes.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAhozpd3QmVz
"I see. Do you feel suicidal now?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAD0VjSTQpBT
I say, "Not really. I'm just really emotionally shattered."269Please respect copyright.PENANAcVNYJaE7w2
"Okay, I'll get someone to take you to a counselor. You just wait here," Doctor Dershian says, and walks out of the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAPuCYKpA3vf
I feel like the whole situation is about to make me explode.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsm31sUfB7M
A few minutes later, Doctor Dershian returns.269Please respect copyright.PENANASKJqpNSitd
I say, "D-doctor.. I-I feel suicidal right n-now..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZMzjEIzFOg
"Suicidal?" Doctor Dershian asks, "What makes you say that?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA0VLsZK0GNh
I say, "The situation is just too much for me to handle."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbiqIe7tEHs
"I see. Would you like to go to a counselor?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAhTx7wZMIs0
"Y-yes, please." Doctor Dershian is about to say something, but is interrupted by the door opening. I look up. In walks a man in a white, long, lab coat. He looks very serious. He says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAxCgxDllKMe
"I'm Doctor Kessel. I'm here to evaluate you." I try to stand up but collapse to the floor. Doctor Kessel immediately calls for a nurse. The nurse walks in, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMDDEXq3zoX
"What is it?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA4IibryWpYQ
Doctor Kessel says,269Please respect copyright.PENANA3o9vQZQNsj
"This patient is suicidal." I lie on the floor sobbing.269Please respect copyright.PENANALI0fCh7k3G
A few minutes later, a nurse walks back into the room and helps me to my feet. She holds my hand and helps me to a chair. I sit down, and try to stop crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAFijbeUIllz
I say, "Why me??? Why does this all have to happen to ME??" The nurse looks at me with sympathy, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANA3TnVqVti1n
"I'm sorry, but that's part of the evaluation. We need to find out why you're suicidal. We want to help you."269Please respect copyright.PENANA58WzSbq9Fw
I say, "Why did I have to get kidnapped? Why was I the one to be abused? Why did I have to become a murderer? WHY ME??"269Please respect copyright.PENANALvMecZsXM3
The nurse shakes her head, and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAOArxaswf9p
"I'm sorry. We'll talk about this after we finish the evaluation. Right now, we need to do some tests." I try to not cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfVYIMXJNUz
I feel so helpless. I feel so out of control, and I can't do anything to change this. I go over to a table, and the nurse helps me remove my clothes. I feel like I'm slowly dying inside. I don't even care.269Please respect copyright.PENANA8Fy2vT2gfm
The nurse helps me into a gown, and I lie down on the examination table. She cleans and checks my inner and outer thighs, my genitalia, and my breasts. I try to calm down and breathe normally. The nurse says,269Please respect copyright.PENANArHvdB5EYN0
"I need to do a blood draw, and a urine sample. I need your help with this." I comply, and the nurse takes my blood. At this point, I don't even feel the pain. I just want to die.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuSXtwpnZPt
After a few minutes, the nurse comes back and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAMlONphKauf
"Okay, come with me." I get up and follow the nurse into a different room. I try to maintain my composure. The nurse says, "I need to check your blood pressure. I need you to lay down on the table and get on all fours." I lay down and get on all fours. Suddenly, I start having horrific flashbacks about the kidnapping. My heart rate goes up.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzFBXtcBpmt
The nurse says, "Okay, your BP is a little high. I need to do an ultrasound to check your kidneys, and a CAT scan to check your brain." I start to shake and cry. I feel like the world is weighing down on me. I want to give up. The nurse tries to console me, and she says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAPZrGupDu4R
"Everything is going to be okay. You'll see your family soon." I slowly calm down. I start to feel a little more at ease. I breathe deeply and start to fall asleep on the table.269Please respect copyright.PENANAEuHZ5zKikV
A few minutes later, I wake up. The nurse is there, and she is smiling at me.269Please respect copyright.PENANAf7tSY73O5P
I say "Where am I?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVLOHQkBNuB
"You're in a hospital room. We moved you to a private room because you were so hysterical and it was so crowded. You were also vomiting blood. It's going to be okay."269Please respect copyright.PENANATL5VmKfVAz
I say, "Am I diagnosed with insanity?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVcDdJQS2
The nurse smiles sadly, "No, but they're still determining that. It's going to be a few days before they give you a diagnosis. In the meantime, you'll be monitored, and you can have visitors."269Please respect copyright.PENANAijiFtmdJ3f
I say, "I want to see my mom..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAdncfPad9Qu
The nurse interrupts me and says,269Please respect copyright.PENANAjmB9K9lGxv
"I'm sorry, but I need to do some tests. I'm going to be back to let you know when you can have visitors."269Please respect copyright.PENANApSYr6hatGM
"O-okay.." I say as I feel the tears welling up again. The nurse leaves the room, and I cry for a few minutes. I feel so helpless. I can't do anything to help myself.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWhBMKDrMiM
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269Please respect copyright.PENANAFx0BJyCjwjA few hours later, my mom comes to visit.269Please respect copyright.PENANAn3lRtkm5XD
"M-mom.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAkHe7a1czLT
My mom walks into the room, and gives me a big hug.269Please respect copyright.PENANANxsmJbtAsA
"I'm so glad to see you, baby! I've been so worried."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQTxxLnkpeu
I say, "I feel like I'm going crazy mom. Why did life have to do this to me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAmXx9stn1LR
"I know honey. I've been thinking the same thing. They said they're going to keep you here for a few more days, and they're going to keep an eye on you."269Please respect copyright.PENANAHqITTx9w2b
"I-I love you mom," I say as I start crying.269Please respect copyright.PENANAwTG7Q5PRdj
"I love you too, sweetie. I want to be there with you. I want to do something to make you feel better. Do you think you could pray with me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAqpCmekd6Ok
"Yes.." I say quietly.269Please respect copyright.PENANAd7TY0GBX8S
I say a prayer with my mom, and I feel calm and at ease.269Please respect copyright.PENANACMdJFglQ4m
After we pray, my mom asks if I want to talk about what happened.269Please respect copyright.PENANArsXiJSc0qA
I say, "If I start talking about that, I'm going to start sobbing and I won't be able to control myself.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAoY5aTtP9hB
"I know honey, but you need to get it out. Get everything out. Don't hold anything in. It's eating at you, and it's making you sick."269Please respect copyright.PENANAB1Db6F5Uuy
I say, "Why did that man kidnap me?"269Please respect copyright.PENANADwAX5cTAmH
"I don't know honey. We'll find out soon. I'll talk to the doctor when he comes in, and I'll find out what's going on. I promise."269Please respect copyright.PENANAy0hWJZoj1F
I say, "Once this is all resolved, are the cult members gonna be thrown in prison?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAzdAr7RT7aJ
"I don't know, honey. I hope so. I don't think there's a jury that would convict them. I'll do what I can to make sure that happens."269Please respect copyright.PENANAsjUyLFg4B5
I say, "Okay.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAfHN1LQvSGT
My mom spends the rest of my visit in the hospital room, and we don't say another word to each other. After my visit is over, I spend a couple of hours in the empty hospital room. I start crying again. I feel so helpless, and I can't do anything to help myself. I don't know when I will get another visit, or if I'll ever get out of this hospital. I cry myself to sleep. I wake up, wishing this was all just a bad dream. I hope that when I get out of the hospital, everything will be back to normal, and I'll just live my life with no problems. The nurse walks into the hospital room.269Please respect copyright.PENANANivohGA3P4
"I'm so sorry to wake you, but I need to speak with you. It's very important."269Please respect copyright.PENANAbofqwddr1N
I wipe the tears off my face.269Please respect copyright.PENANAdFwYOJIZem
I say, "What is it? What's wrong?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAUE2JH4IRHa
"Your tests came back, and you tested positive for.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAVa30SPLXzR
I say, "What? What did I test positive for?"269Please respect copyright.PENANA3xBbOim9nB
"I'm so, so sorry. I wish I could tell you. I really do. You tested positive for.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAEzEU7SjZ8h
I say, "Tell me!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAxGetWKsZbD
"A sexually transmitted disease. I'm so, so sorry, dear."269Please respect copyright.PENANA5RrSySuk61
My heart drops.269Please respect copyright.PENANAMMelIvpX54
I feel so ashamed. I cry myself to sleep again.269Please respect copyright.PENANA0bqkp1zudP
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269Please respect copyright.PENANASHqv0NJNZEIn the morning, I get my visitors.269Please respect copyright.PENANAExJlfcwy92
My sister, Charlotte, visits me. She asks me what's wrong. I can't even answer her. I just cry. I feel so ashamed of myself. Charlotte starts to leave the room.269Please respect copyright.PENANAWoBhHQcju4
I say, "Wait!" She stops.269Please respect copyright.PENANANdzAO4kkS2
"What is it?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAIDuj5fJ3l0
I say, "I need a hug.." Charlotte wraps her arms around me, and I cry.269Please respect copyright.PENANAXxhTPICiWu
I eventually gather the strength to tell my sister what the doctor said.269Please respect copyright.PENANAGFrnXHfknJ
I say, "The doctor said I have a.. Std..."269Please respect copyright.PENANAuOvkD9JIFu
"I know, sis. I'm so, so sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAaBXpXAOLuU
I cry myself to sleep.269Please respect copyright.PENANAaOVgqjnDtQ
The next day, I get another visit from my mom.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsUcGK0aXyX
"How are you doing, honey?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAERte3BA5Qn
I say, "Horrible.."269Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9VWuC5fw1
She walks over and sits next to me on the bed.269Please respect copyright.PENANAe9ZE97VjuH
"I heard about you testing positive for a sexually transmitted disease. I'm so sorry."269Please respect copyright.PENANAmaHEmzFfis
I say, "I'm so ashamed..."269Please respect copyright.PENANANbfDuJQDbU
"It's not your fault, honey."269Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ1aziH8he
I start crying again.269Please respect copyright.PENANAY5bbyBEQ3p
"I'll get you some tissues, honey. You can cry on them. Cry your heart out."269Please respect copyright.PENANAxu7Bji8eoq
I cry myself to sleep in my mother's arms. I wake up the next morning. I'm not as tired as I was yesterday. Maybe the doctor gave me some new medication, or maybe I'm just getting used to being here. I don't feel any emotions. I feel empty and dead inside. I don't care about anything. I don't feel any guilt or shame.269Please respect copyright.PENANAKrm7vRVZ9h
Maybe I'm dead after all.269Please respect copyright.PENANAt2yamDAbqz
Maybe this is what it feels like to be nothing. I get a visit from my lawyer.269Please respect copyright.PENANADdXgnIyXK0
"I heard the test results, and I'm here to ask you if you would like to pursue this case. You tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease, so the chances of us winning are pretty slim."269Please respect copyright.PENANAeDBOAQbsWe
"I don't even know anymore," I say as I shed a tear.269Please respect copyright.PENANAZnZt8XWfMO
"I understand. If you don't want to pursue this case, then I'll get someone who will."269Please respect copyright.PENANAAfiXbn6sBQ
I say, "I still want to win this."269Please respect copyright.PENANAB4EJeTXa2o
"Well, it's up to you, then. I'll go get our legal team, and we can get started."269Please respect copyright.PENANAlvgw1r0mjO
I spend the next few weeks resting in my hospital room. I don't have any visitors. I have forgotten what life is like outside the hospital. I don't even want to leave my hospital room. I spend my days watching reruns of Friends and crying. One day the nurse comes into the room and says, "I've got good news."269Please respect copyright.PENANAtmD6Hpsoxp
"Really?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAVImzGBbCwB
"Yeah, your doctor says you can go home today."269Please respect copyright.PENANAzRdXSUdbe9
I start crying, and I can't stop.269Please respect copyright.PENANAuLQ8yB742g
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I spend my time at home resting. I don't do anything. One day I decide to walk outside.269Please respect copyright.PENANAsOPcIT6KGQ
I get out my patio door, and I don't turn around and go back inside. I don't know why, but I just have this urge to walk outside.269Please respect copyright.PENANAHsd6DSiS3d
I stand in the middle of my lawn.The smell of fresh air makes me emotional. I start crying happy tears. I walk over to my flower bed and pick a few flowers to smell. I smell them, and then throw them in the air and watch them float away. They are so pretty, and they smell so good.269Please respect copyright.PENANAbJE19iAgeY
My mom opens the front door and says, "What are you doing?" I turn around to see her standing there.269Please respect copyright.PENANAfvpwTj2Kuj
"I wanted to see the flowers."269Please respect copyright.PENANAZi1JcU8CZm
"Why are you out of your room?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAFtysCxkg4t
"I don't know. I just felt like walking outside."269Please respect copyright.PENANATpuiM3HC91
I say, "I've been cooped up in a room for way too long."269Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2ojyArUn6
"Yeah, I know what you mean," my mom says. She picks me up and gives me a big hug.269Please respect copyright.PENANARI6GyQg4H9
"Thank you for being you."269Please respect copyright.PENANALOLOIuzETn
"You don't have to thank me." I see the next-door neighbor's son walk out to get the mail. I look at him fascinated. He has no fear. He doesn't know what it's like to be scared. He doesn't know what it feels like to live in a nightmare.269Please respect copyright.PENANALzVxINv8h6
I make a decision.269Please respect copyright.PENANAhLXDdfTsCa
I walk up to the neighbor's boy and say, "Hi!"269Please respect copyright.PENANAJHJmsoOI2D
"What's your name?"269Please respect copyright.PENANApokDGc0dN4
"Allisa," I say, smiling.269Please respect copyright.PENANA8axoTM1TQM
"I'm Carter. What are you doing out of your room?"269Please respect copyright.PENANAteMObHtg9i
I say, "I just wanted to get some fresh air."269Please respect copyright.PENANArit64av0IX
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I had this urge to walk outside too." He laughs.269Please respect copyright.PENANAzyiiTqMnPG
I say, "Well I gotta go back inside.." I go back inside and go to bed. I don't know why I feel so empty. I want to fill this void. I want to find something to fill all of this space.269Please respect copyright.PENANAOmbuIw70BO
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