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29. My iceberg family melted

Of the four kids, the only one who came close to having a "normal" family was the youngest brother who was born while my father was in jail for molesting an "outside kid"..

The older three of us have NO contact with each other.. Our growing up years were as if each of us existed inside our own bubble..

I was molested/raped from age 6 to 13 when I finally mustered up the courage to tell my mother. what I got was a slap in the face and an accusation of trying to "steal her husband"..

I threatened to tell but we lived outside the US, and I was warned that if I ever did tell, I would be left in the jungle for the leopards/snakes to take care of me.. Would he have done it? who knows.. It was enough to scare me into silence.

One thing I did manage to do was to break the cycle, and give myself the permission to jettison the lot of them..

My sister & brother (kid 2 & 3) apparently dealt with what they got, by extorting money from him.. I wanted nothing to do with any of them..

I moved out at 18 and never looked back.