I Am a Child Abuse Survivor
It was in May.. Still too cold for the public swimming pool to be opened..We lived in Vernayaz, a very small village, close to a town called Martigny, where the public pool was...
I was with my friend Sandra who was 7 or 8 like me. It was after lunch, we were walking my dog near an electricity factory near the forest.
A orange car came and stopped near us and the man asked us the name of my dog and whose dog it was. I said it was mine. Then he drove away.
A bit later, Sandra and I were near my house saying it was hot and we could go to the pool. We went to ask my dad if he could drive us there. He said the pool was shut. We didn't believe him so we decided to walk to Martigny.
We were walking for 4 minutes, and the orange car came along and stopped near us. The same man put the passenger window down and asked us where we were going. My friend, who was "my boss" and bullied me a lot, answered to him. So he said he would drive us to the pool and opened the passenger door.. Something unusual happened. Sandra told me to get in the front seat..
Now all the kids want to sit at the front as it's special..., and Sandra would have never in a million years let me sit in the best spot unless she knew she wasn't going to get in... I obeyed to her and sat at the front. Then she shut the door and stood there.. she didn't get in the back seat.. He drove off.
He took me on the side of a big river called Rhone. It's a river we can swim in as the current is too strong...
He stopped the car and turned towards me. He put down my seat. I was really surprised and started to get scared. He kissed my mouth with his tongue inside my mouth, I couldn't breathe and it seemed to last for a long time. He had a moustache, that's why still now I think moustaches are repulsive. Then he pulled up my Tshirt and touched my flat chest and kissed it. He put my shorts down and molested me, putting his finger inside me and kissing me again. I started crying. He put the seat up and told me that if I kept crying he would leave me here, next to that scary river..
I stopped crying. He asked me if I wanted a chewing gum. It was called Hollywood Chewing Gum, dark green wrapper and silver writing. I said no as my mum had told me not to accept lollies from strangers, I wished she had told me not to accept lifts from strangers...
While he was driving away from the river I thought he was taking me to his house and I would never see my parents and three sisters again. I still can see it in my mind what I imagined at that moment:..Him driving into his driveway and I could see his two storey house with his wife and kids standing on the first floor balconey.. His wife had long straight dark hair with a long light blue dress, next to her was his daughter about 10 years old. She had dark hair too with platts. And next to her was her little brother just a bit younger than me. I knew that for the rest of my life, I would have to live with them...
I got out of my thoughts when the guy stopped the car and told me to get out.So I did and walked back to Sandra's house. She was there. She didn't say anything. I went to the toilets and had some spots of blood in my undies... I was scared and embarassed when I got out of the toilets.. Then Sandra and I went outside. I never told her anything and she never asked,,
I think it was set up from her parents as I know they were selling her to my dad.. I have never felt angry towards that man.. I just feel sad that I wasn't certainly the only one
Sandra and I stayed at the front of her house and saw a policeman right there at the traffic lights. We stood next to him, and I told him that a man took me in his car, and at the same time the orange car drove passed in front of us, and I exclaimed:"That's him !"
But the tall policeman didn't listen.. I was just a small little girl...
I had the same orange car as a toy that I got for Christmas; ironically it was my favourite....
That was 1977..
Thank you for listening to me...
I was with my friend Sandra who was 7 or 8 like me. It was after lunch, we were walking my dog near an electricity factory near the forest.
A orange car came and stopped near us and the man asked us the name of my dog and whose dog it was. I said it was mine. Then he drove away.
A bit later, Sandra and I were near my house saying it was hot and we could go to the pool. We went to ask my dad if he could drive us there. He said the pool was shut. We didn't believe him so we decided to walk to Martigny.
We were walking for 4 minutes, and the orange car came along and stopped near us. The same man put the passenger window down and asked us where we were going. My friend, who was "my boss" and bullied me a lot, answered to him. So he said he would drive us to the pool and opened the passenger door.. Something unusual happened. Sandra told me to get in the front seat..
Now all the kids want to sit at the front as it's special..., and Sandra would have never in a million years let me sit in the best spot unless she knew she wasn't going to get in... I obeyed to her and sat at the front. Then she shut the door and stood there.. she didn't get in the back seat.. He drove off.
He took me on the side of a big river called Rhone. It's a river we can swim in as the current is too strong...
He stopped the car and turned towards me. He put down my seat. I was really surprised and started to get scared. He kissed my mouth with his tongue inside my mouth, I couldn't breathe and it seemed to last for a long time. He had a moustache, that's why still now I think moustaches are repulsive. Then he pulled up my Tshirt and touched my flat chest and kissed it. He put my shorts down and molested me, putting his finger inside me and kissing me again. I started crying. He put the seat up and told me that if I kept crying he would leave me here, next to that scary river..
I stopped crying. He asked me if I wanted a chewing gum. It was called Hollywood Chewing Gum, dark green wrapper and silver writing. I said no as my mum had told me not to accept lollies from strangers, I wished she had told me not to accept lifts from strangers...
While he was driving away from the river I thought he was taking me to his house and I would never see my parents and three sisters again. I still can see it in my mind what I imagined at that moment:..Him driving into his driveway and I could see his two storey house with his wife and kids standing on the first floor balconey.. His wife had long straight dark hair with a long light blue dress, next to her was his daughter about 10 years old. She had dark hair too with platts. And next to her was her little brother just a bit younger than me. I knew that for the rest of my life, I would have to live with them...
I got out of my thoughts when the guy stopped the car and told me to get out.So I did and walked back to Sandra's house. She was there. She didn't say anything. I went to the toilets and had some spots of blood in my undies... I was scared and embarassed when I got out of the toilets.. Then Sandra and I went outside. I never told her anything and she never asked,,
I think it was set up from her parents as I know they were selling her to my dad.. I have never felt angry towards that man.. I just feel sad that I wasn't certainly the only one
Sandra and I stayed at the front of her house and saw a policeman right there at the traffic lights. We stood next to him, and I told him that a man took me in his car, and at the same time the orange car drove passed in front of us, and I exclaimed:"That's him !"
But the tall policeman didn't listen.. I was just a small little girl...
I had the same orange car as a toy that I got for Christmas; ironically it was my favourite....
That was 1977..
Thank you for listening to me...
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