I Never Told Anyone

But I should have…sexual abuse scars us for life.

sketch by me

I was 9 years old. These are the late 80’s. Neighbor culture was still a thing back then. Children roamed freely in neighborhoods, and doors of homes were mostly left open.

We had a great family as neighbors, my brother and I grew up around them. Although their children were much older than us, or families still got along…