Of course, I was old enough by this time to take steps to get out of this situation, like reporting my parents or running away.
Yet psychologically, I could not.
They had brainwashed me into thinking that I had to (10 this, as well as endure rapes by my father, so they could find a better life (although the money I made them went toward cars and other luxury items).
Also, I was sure that if I left or told the authorities, they would kill me.
To the outside world, I was a normal teenager.
I was considered to be smart and hardworking by my elassmates.
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" Throughout it all, my parents had planned for me to become a doctor.
So when I wits accepted into college about an hour away in Berkeley, they approved.
They agreed to pay the tuition, but they still expected me to come home on weekends to "work.
" I went home every couple of weeks in the beginning, but secretly I knew that I'd eventually stop going hack for good.
When I went off to college, it was like being freed from prison.
I was assaulted Louis Vuitton Galliera PM my father much less frequently, and I made friends for the first time.
MIy mother tried to insist that I come home more often on weekends.
She also expected me to find my own "clients" in Berkeley.
I stopped taking her calls.
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trd getting that life when a new friend disclosed to ine that lie had survived being abused as a child and as seeing a therapist.
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Within ayear, Imusstmig enough to end all contact with them forever.
I haven't decided if I will press charges against them.
My main focus is healing and living my life.
After cutting off all contact, my life truly began to move forward.
For the past five years, I've been in a relationship with a wonderful man who I met through my support group.
And I've started an anti-trafficking organization, the Akonadi Freedom Project, which encourages survivors to speak out about their experiences.
Bringing attention to child abuse and sex trafficking is my focus inlife.
That, and one day having children who will receive the love I didn't.
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