Child Abuse Story From Rose

by Rosella
(Pensacola, Florida, USA)

I was not the one abused, but it was my niece. Here is the story very brief. I grew up with a brother and a sister, and I was the oldest. My mother has always favored my sister which is the middle child. She always has helped my sister but when it came to me I was left to fend for myself.

My mother suffered a stroke about five years ago and now I am here living with her and taking care of her. My sister has stolen from my mother (her social security check) and has taken from everyone in the family. I'm just trying to give a little background to bring you all up to the present.

Last week, my sister was fussing with my niece about something I consider minor. Anyway, my sister took an iron bedpost and beat my niece in the face, on her arms and hands. Then she took my niece and dropped her off with all her clothes over here at my mother's house. My mother has a tiny three bedroom, and my niece is now sleeping on the couch. When I saw my niece she had all kinds of bruises on her hand, face, and arms. When her dad found out he went to the police with his daughter to report my sister. My niece texted me and said that she was scared. I told her do you need me to come down there and sit with you. She said yes. When she finally gave her story, my sister ended up going to jail for battery because my neice is 18 years old and considered an adult. To make a long story short, she ended up dropping the charges on her mother, and now my mother and sister are mad at me, thinking I manipulated my niece into putting her mother in jail. They actually were talking about putting a lawsuit on me. My mother has not even spoken about the fact that my sister beat her child with a bed post! Now my sister is not speaking to me and my mother is not really talking to me. That's my story. I am 43 and my sister is 40.

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