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"Be smug and act like the sun doesn't exist. It will burn you till you confessed."—unknown.

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I did not expect fear, anger, and pain to wash up on me again. It had been so many years and in those years, I preserved myself. I did not go against my dignity. Papa ruined me. He hated me and he ruined me. Mama hated me. She watched that monster ruin me. I was only eight. Eight! He traumatized me to the point that to look at him was an eyesore.

"Sorry that you did do it on purpose." And when I tried to refute, he did not waste time saying,...