"As I grew, I couldn't shake the feeling that they didn't like me."
"Eve would beat me up for things I had no control of or things that I didn't do."
"At first, I tried to beg but it didn't work."
"Then I would try to fight back but I ended up worse because they would starve me for days or lock me up for days."
"During those times, I had no idea when it was day or night."
"One time, I got poisoned from the food I ate and it scarred me for life."
"I couldn't eat in that house again knowing that somebody wanted me dead."
"I tried to watch what I ate, I made sure to cook for myself and that was how I learnt how to cook because I was scared to eat something that was made by someone else other than me."
"It was scary to live with them but I was scared to run away, I was scared to tel
