Worst memory of my childhood

The Silence of the Lambs art by Dawn Baillie

"What's your worst memory of childhood?" Dr. Lecter asked Clarice, and I closed the book and stared into space. And all I could remember were fantasies. My mind is wiped clean of childhood memories. The actual events were so disturbing and painful that I changed them into fantastical and often horrendous scenes that could not have taken place in real life.

I lie in bed and it's dark and I can't sleep and I'm scared stiff, staring out the balcony...