For years I have endured abuse at my house. My mother would constantly hit my siblings to the point of there being bruising on them. My mother would slap me and blame me for things I later learned weren’t my fault. I was told it was my fault for being raped (I was 13 and said no, my rapist also did plead guilty), I was called a slut for playing “male sports”, and I was called a child prostitute/escort for any clothing she deemed inappropriate (she would only let me use one or two dresses for years and I wasn’t allowed anything other than sweats and sweaters for a long time. My stepdad would touch me around my privates when I was in middle school and would go on about it as if it were normal. At some point, he even made me touch his penis when I was 5 while I was next to my mom in a car (my mom laughed when she realized it was his penis and she began to touch it). My mom would be dismissive of it all. I put up with it for years until now. CPS has removed me of my home in the past but I felt peer pressure from my family to go back so I did. It just got worse. My stepdad has definitely invaded my privacy and would ransack my underwear drawers, lower my curtain to peak when I got out of the shower, I was never allowed to close my door for any reason, phone was checked everyday, and so on. My siblings and I have suffered enough emotional and physical abuse. The day before I left, CPS called my mother for an interview. CPS was not aware of the full situation and wanted to ask about one instance of emotional abuse (which is why they only called and didn’t show up). The day I left, my mother was yelling at my siblings and saying that now I would be making up stories on how they mistreated me and that I was the one at fault. Shortly after the yelling, my mother kicked at my door with a mean attitude. I made the hard decision of running away and calling police to alert them of the situation. I left when my mother took my sister to school and I didn’t go back. For the past couple of days, I’m being interviewed by CPS and some counselors. This whole situation has been rough on me and my future is looking pretty patchy as of now. I am about 3 1/2 months shy of being 18, so I do have some more options in terms of what I’m allowed to do (given CPS permission). As of now, my biggest concern is finances from here on out. I was never allowed to work so I don’t really have that much money saved up. I have been blessed to receive some scholarships but obviously that isn’t enough. I will be moving to the South California area in the start of August for college (I will be attending Cal Poly Pomona and will be studying to be a rocket scientist). The money will go to further fund my education (as you can see it’ll be pretty expensive) and to help me get by as I fend for myself when I leave the shelter I’m at. I will be extremely grateful for any donations and any share of this post. I would also like to thank everyone for helping me through this rough time and offering a hand, It means a lot. And most importantly, I am safe. Thank you everyone. ❤️