my name is Anna I am 30 years old my life is not happy every day I feel afraid every night I cry I want to leave but I have no place to go when I was a child my mother loved me she was kind she cooked for us she told us stories but when I was 10 years old my mother died my father changed he was angry all the time I have two younger sisters we were all afraid of our father he did not hug us he did not smile he did not ask if we
were happy he only shouted and hit us I wanted to run away but I was a little girl where could I go I had no money I had no one to help me one day my father got very angry he wanted to hurt me badly I was so scared I ran away to my aunt's house my father got scared too he drank something bad he almost died but he did not die my family sent me to a camp for children I stayed there for a few weeks then I came back home my father never hit
me again but I was always afraid of him when I was 14 I started running away from home my father never let me go outside I had no friends I wanted freedom I wanted to be happy when I was 16 I met a man his name was Tom he was 20 years old he smiled at me he was kind to me he said I was beautiful I believed him no one ever called me beautiful before I thought this man loves me he said come with me you will be happy I wanted to leave my father
father's house I wanted to be free so I went with Tom Tom lived with his parents I moved to his house I was happy I thought my life would be better one day Tom was angry he shouted at me then he hit me I cried I was shocked why why did he hit me Tom said I am sorry I love you I believed him I thought maybe it was a mistake maybe he will not do it again but he hit me again the next day I was afraid but I stayed I had nowhere to go
Tom drank alcohol every day when he drank he was not kind he shouted he hit me I wanted to leave but I had no home my father did not want me back Tom's parents did not help me when I was 17 I became pregnant I was happy I thought maybe Tom will change maybe he will love me now but then Tom went to jail he robbed someone he had to stay in jail for 3 years my father was very angry when he heard I was pregnant he shouted get out of my house you are not
my daughter Tom's parents did not want me I had no home I had no money I stayed at a friend's house for some time then my stepmother told my father take her back I went home again but my father did not love me he was cold he did not talk to me I gave birth to a baby girl she was beautiful I loved her I went to visit Tom in jail I wanted him to see our baby but he was angry he shouted why did you bring her here I cried I thought maybe he does
not love me when Tom came out of jail I was afraid but he found me he said let's be together again I had no choice I stayed with him Tom did not change he hit me again he drank every day he had other women I had a second baby a boy I was happy for a short time but Tom had a new woman she gave him alcohol he spent nights with her then he came home and hit me he was angry all the time he thought I wanted to leave him one day he hit me
so hard I could not not move he locked me in a room he sent my children outside then he came back and hit me again I cried but I did not scream I did not want my children to hear me I wanted to run away but I had no money Tom told me no one will love you you are ugly you are nothing without me I believed him years passed Tom drank less he did not hit me anymore but he was still not a good man he spent all our money I wanted to leave but
I was scared my children needed their father I did not know what to do should I leave I want to leave now I want a new life I want to be happy but I'm [Music] afraid where will I go how will I live I love my children I want them to be happy but can I make them happy if I stay with Tom I don't know the answer I hope one day I will find the strength to leave I hope one day I will not be afraid anymore thank you for watching if you enjoyed this
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