Chapter 29

CLARISSE’S POV

Being a victim of violence and rape has been a difficult experience for me. Life isn’t all about happiness and contentment; there are some problems, chaos, and struggle that we must face because that is the reality. Who would have guessed that the man I’d trusted my entire life would be the one to wreck and shatter me?

I am no longer the pure, decent, and strong woman I once was… but am I really that strong? Because in the past, people have always manipulated, harassed, and dictated to me when I just wanted to move on my own.

My virginity is the only one I have right now, but it was easily taken away in the middle of the night while I was unconscious and under the influence of drugs. I’m disgusted with myself, and I want to annihilate my face and body because I felt miserable, weak, cowardly, and pathetic. My beauty is also a curse that I wish I didn’t have so that bad people and predators wouldn’t be interested and lusting after me.

If you are a rape victim in this