CHAPTER: 66
"How did you get away from Sam DaCosta?" Sharon asked Melanie. "I was struggling to finish high school; I was still with Sam then, and we had a daughter. He used to beat the hell out of me, and I also knew that he had corrupted my landlord's daughter. She was pregnant and living around the corner. I couldn't get away from him without help, but at that time I did not have anyone. During that time I started going to a church and I met an elderly couple, Alice and David Gibbs. They took to me and the baby instantly. It seemed they had an instinct that I was in distress. They ran a safe house for young women who had run away from home, were pregnant, or were being abused," Melanie told Sharon. "So they took you in," Sharon stated. "Well, they tried, thrice, but all the three times, Sam DaCo
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