Breathe
By Anonymous
"Mom...how old am I going to be when he gets out of jail? Because I'm sure he's going to be looking for me." Those words echo in my head all the time; that's the real fear my daughter is going to live with for over 20 years after being abused at 15, making this nightmare not end.
Why don't I have peace if he is already in jail and will be sentenced? Why do I feel that something bad is going to happen? I try to push those thoughts away, but everything scares me and that fear is not only mine, but of the whole family.
The reality is that one does not know how the family and close friends of someone who has been convicted will react, especially for the crime that he or she committed, adding to that the constant fear that women live with in this country when they go out on the street.
