Mom, Don't Turn Back for Me

I'm nine years old when I secretly contact my mom Lori Parker's family to get her out of the remote village.

When my grandpa, Richard Parker, bursts into the cellar, he finds Mom chained by the neck, with a whip stained with dried, dark blood lying at her feet.

Overwhelmed with rage, Grandpa beats my dad, Bruce Fraser, until he is almost dead, vomiting blood repeatedly.

Dad is left paralyzed and bedridden for the rest of his life.

Just before getting into the car, Mom cries and reaches out to me. "Amy, I'm taking you home!"