Child Abuse Story From Layla
by Layla
(USA)
When I was 5 my parents got divorced (my mom died a week later, strangely enough) and I went to live with my dad. I had always been big for my age and was told that I was a fat ugly pig and he was the only one that would ever love me. For the next 8 years he would hit, punch, kick, and practically enslave me. I went to school, but he would force me to wear thick long clothing to hide the bruises.
During gym I would go into the bathroom in the girl's locker room to get changed so that I wouldn't die (he told me if I told on him he would kill me). When I got my period it got worse. He would rape me then turn on the stove and put my arms and hands over it until I screamed. Once he made me get naked, stand in his bedroom while he knifed my breasts and under area. The scariest part was that he was smiling the whole time.
School just got worse. I was so thin that the kids called me anorexic, and I started to stuff my pants so that they wouldn't get blood on them or fall down. My grades got so low that they put me in special education, but I still failed terribly. When I turned 13 I just gave up. I was so low that my notes in school consisted of curse words: "I hate my life" and other derogatory terms about my life, my dad, and myself.
One day, the teacher was passing by and he saw them, so he sent me to the office. I trusted the principal, but was scared stiff to tell her anything. Two hours later when school ended, she let me out of her office but told me that if I wanted to talk she would listen. That day I decided to prove that I was being abused so I didn't go on the bus. I went into the bathroom and stripped down to my last layer of clothing (a t-shirt and shorts). I didn't want to startle the principal so I stuck my head in and told her I wanted to talk. She looked at me with such a caring look that I broke down and told her everything. She called Child Services, and that's the reason I'm still alive.
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