“It’s like I'm trapped in some kind of residual haunting." Rachel's eyes drifted back to the stain in the carpet. "Whenever I'm walking down a hallway, I swear, I hear steps behind me even though I know no one’s there. When I'm alone in my room, sometimes I feel like someone is standing right behind me.” HauntingRape SurvivorBeing Brave Again Author:Anais Torres
“He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who she was before anyone had the opportunity to label her. She was supposed to be his “little girl”.” DadLabelsFamily RelationshipsSerial KillersDaddy IssuesLittle Girl Book:The Reaper's Daughter Source: The Reaper's Daughter
“Emma stared at the ceiling of the hotel room. Her thoughts went over every memorial, each picture, the families and children left behind. At this point it was a nightly routine. Some people counted sheep. Emma counted her father’s victims. One by one.” DadVictimFamily RelationshipsSerial KillersDaddy Issues Book:The Reaper's Daughter Source: The Reaper's Daughter
“Her mother told her once that her father was sick. That the sickness made him do it. She made it seem logical. As if he was lying in a hospital bed with cancer rather than rotting in a prison cell for rape and murder.” CrimeDadSicknessFamily RelationshipsSerial KillersDaddy IssuesRape Culture Murder Book:The Reaper's Daughter Source: The Reaper's Daughter
“Real life is nothing like television, there are no Special Victims Units like you see on TV protectively guiding women through the process. The police will act like just because they didn't kill you, they didn't somehow end your life.” Rape CultureRape SurvivorRape Myths Book:Being Brave Again Source: Being Brave Again
“She doesn't seem deranged to me?” Dark HumorRape SurvivorRape Myths Book:Being Brave Again Source: Being Brave Again
“Do you know that most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death?" Rachel raised a skeptical brow as she spoke. "Let's just say, I've lost interest." -Being Brave Again” Rape SurvivorRape Statistics Author:Anais Torres
“She didn’t want to keep talking about him as if everything was okay. Worst of all, she hated sorting through his mail. Reading the hatred people had for her family and worse, reading how others immortalized him into a god for what he’d done.” GodHateDadFamily RelationshipsSerial KillersDaddy Issues Book:The Reaper's Daughter Source: The Reaper's Daughter