Twist of Faith Page #2

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Is there blood on my hand?

Breathe.

Can you breathe? Breathe.

Take a sip.

One of the reasons

that I fell in love with Tony...

Sorry, I'm not exactly centered.

One of the reasons that I fell in love

with Tony was...

because he really did wear

his heart on his sleeve.

And unlike a lot of men, he was

very comfortable sharing his feelings

about me, about life...

Which was the complete opposite of me.

By the time we were married,

I had found out that Tony had been abused.

It was the first moment I had heard

Dennis Gray's name.

And I never knew.

Sorry. Trying not to cry.

I never knew how deeply...

that name would be ingrained

in our lives forever.

Tony and I had bought a new house

and I remember...

we'd been here a couple of days

and I was out shopping

for things for the house.

My cell phone rang and it was Tony,

and he said,

"You're not going to believe

who lives five houses down from us."

And I said, "Who?"

He said, "Dennis Gray."

It was a horrible summer.

Daddy! Dad!

I can jump on the jungle gym!

I gotta watch out!

Daddy!

Because of the situation,

we had to tell our daughter

what had happened to Tony.

What's going on?

You think something's up?

You know how Mom and Dad tell you...

to cross your legs when you sit down

and don't let other people see your underwear,

your privates are your privates

and if somebody touches you there,

tell a big person.

Well...

a long time ago,

when Daddy was a little bit older

than you are,

somebody did that to Daddy.

To me.

And today...

the person who hurt Daddy a long time ago,

Daddy saw that person.

And he lives right on this street.

And right now, I don't know what

that's gonna mean...

but what I want to tell you

is that Daddy's gonna be OK.

But I need to tell you so you understand,

cos you're big enough to understand now,

that I don't want you...

to hate this person,

because I hate him enough for me,

and hating somebody's not a good thing.

I also don't want you

talking to this person ever.

If you fall down and scrape your knee

on your bike

and this person comes up to help you,

you tell him to get away.

Do you understand what Daddy told you?

- You understand what I told you?

- I want to make sure you understand.

This man touched me on my penis...

A long time ago.

A long time ago, when he was little.

- A long, long time ago.

- But it still hurts.

But it still hurts.

It doesn't hurt like l-pinch-you hurt.

It hurts in here.

We didn't know this man lived on this street.

We didn't know he lived down the street

when we moved here.

I didn't know until today.

If I did, we wouldn't live here.

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