The Broken Rose

The abuse continued from that day on, every once in awhile he would throw in something new. the only bright spot occuring around the time i was 10, when i met my best friend Raye and her family. Whenever i could, i would go to rayes to escape jay for a while. Rayes family was a loving one that made me feel more wanted than i had ever felt before. Raye was the only girl in the family of seven kids as well as the only twin in the group, her siblings in age order were: Damien and Raye (15), Tobias (17), Miguel (19), Zachary(20), Matti (21) and Darien (23). I found out at a later time, that Darien and Jay were friends, though Darien didnt know of Jays behavior towards me. Raye, Damien and I became fast friends, but i kept silent about my life in fear of Jay. When JAy learned that i had made friends, he made a very clear threat, if i said one word to anyone about what he had been doing to me, he would hurt my friends and me. I lived my life afraid that they would be hurt if i misspoke.



I remember the one time i tried to tell someone what was going on. i went to someone who i thought would protect me and it turned out to be a mistake bc i wound up telling the wrong person. Instead of my uncle helping me, he informed Jay of what i had told him, then stood watching and laughing as my brother beat the shit out of me for telling. I found out that day who was to blame for what Jay knew, it was my own uncle, who taught Jay how to be abusive towards the female sex. As i look back, Jay was the only one to cry when the uncle died, murdered by a girl he had just raped.