Bab 52: Chapter 52

“We were making out and then suddenly it wasn’t enough, I guess. He forced me. Called me slurs and covered my mouth and didn’t let me call for help. It was… I was hurt pretty badly, physically, I mean. It took me months to fully recover and more than few years to try bottoming again.”

“First of all, no. You didn’t ‘bottom,’ Francis, you were assaulted. So drop the ‘again’ from your brain right now. Secondly, did you see anyone? For the physical or mental injuries?”

“No. I guess I thought I could use what I’d learned at that point and just take care of it myself. Which I did, and eventually I healed. I didn’t even think about going to therapy then, it was such a different time,” Francis mused.

“Yeah, that’s something we still have to work on to this day. What happened to the guy who assaulted you? Did you ever tell Padraig and Marcus?”