My childhood was ripped-off by this man just as another child has probably lost their childhood due to the same man. I was six years old when the sexual abuse started and just about to turn thirteen when it finally came to an end.
This man was my step-father engaged in a ten year relationship with my mother and in the navy for eighteen years.
I had this secret inside of me that never should have been there and it was time to make sure that this man would never touch me again.
I had to be the one to tell my mother, and out it came. I told her of all the lies,and the deceit,and the hurt, but most of all...the secret. It all had to stop!
What resulted? I went through long agonizing questions, doctor visits and I even had to do a videotape for the navy. I thought okay, you have to do what you have to do and this man is going to have to pay for what he has done.
The day it was time for court I had to testify and this man never showed up. He ran.
The outcome; I lost my childhood and received humiliation of question after question. Him? He got an honorable discharge out of the navy, and South Carolina said that if he ever got pulled over for speeding or something of this nature in the state of S.C, he would then be arrested. Basically, he got off scott-free.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of another child somewhere out there that is or has been under this same mans wrath. I'm still getting ripped-off!
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