Episode 1
I started to hate men at this time because every time I was hurt it came from a man.”I believe i have good reason to hate men. Infact,I don’t ever want to have any close contact with all these beast called”MEN”!!!
It began when a daycare provider’s son repeatedly molested me starting at 8 years old.“He instilled that fear, ‘If you tell this is what’s going to happen toe.’ He would hit me and physically abuse me too. I was scared of him and thought, ‘Well if I tell thenI’ll get into trouble’. So I didn’t say anything.”
Maria lived with her father after her parents divorced and she watched him routinelybeat every girlfriend he had. He eventually turned that rage on Maria adding him to the list of men she hated.“He picked me up by my throat and he lifted me up and threw me down to the floor.He beat me so much that I passed out.”Maria’s father went to jail for child abuse and she went to live with her mother in Akure.
There, a man in the neighborhood began to invite young maria overto his house.
She loved the attention from him, until the day he raped her……….
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To be continued in the next episode……..
©Grace Dammy

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