Microfiction — 100 Word Story
The Abuse
A Victim’s Statement

My tutor took exceptional care of me. He pampered me with gifts, and there was no reason for me to suspect his unusual kindness.
I will help him with house chores and together watch my favorite shows, chatting and giggling. Days passed, we got closer, not in the way I had intended. His hands lingered longer, explored deeper into my body. Finally, his love took me inside his bedroom. The pain was unbearable slowly devoured my soul. I couldn’t tell anyone because I don’t know what to tell.
I was an 8-year-old boy. Sexual abuse has no gender.
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