Child Abuse Story From Laura3
by Laura
(Location Undisclosed)
Darkness:
My parents were killed when I was 4. I was sent to live with my only living family, my 25-year-old cousin Corey and his wife Taylor. Corey, well it suffices to say, harbored a strong dislike for me. The day I moved in, it started. First with a slap, or a bruising grip, but quickly elevated to full-fledged beatings with belts, kicks, and his baseball.
Taylor didn't like me much either, she took every opportunity she could to put me down and insult me. Once when I was 10, she grabbed my arm and stuck it on the hot stove burner and wouldn't take it off. I still have the scar from it.
Another time when I was 6, Corey took my head and shoved it under the water in the bathtub until I passed out. My cousin took my virginity when I was 8. I slept in the basement on the floor. The light bulb down there never worked, so it was always dark...I am still horrified of the dark. I just can't trust it.
I finally got out when I was 12, after Corey shoved me off the roof while I was trying to fix the air conditioner. I wound up with both of my legs broken, a skull fracture and a broken arm.
I am now 16 and recovering still. I live with my totally cool adoptive parents, Steph and Mark. I still have a little trouble sometimes. I am really jittery and can't sleep without a night light, and I have an irrational fear of stoves and I'm a little afraid of water. They adopted me when I was 14. It took me a year to start trusting Mark enough that I could be calm around him. I haven't really ever talked about this to anyone.
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