The Price of Their Peace: My Life

For three years, I was bullied and ostracized because I refused to do the school bully's homework.

Scars layered upon scars on my wrists. The doctor said I had severe self-harm tendencies.

My parents were heartbroken, losing sleep, vowing they'd sell everything they owned to get me better.

But then, the bully's mom burst into our home with a group of people, pointing her finger in my face and accusing me of seducing her son.

My usually timid parents turned pale with fright, not daring to utter a single word in my defense.