“They promised us secrecy,” I said when I could finally speak. “They said it was private. That it was a safe place. How could this happen?” I was in shock all afternoon. I couldn’t believe that what I had told people in confidence at the Child Safety Center all those years ago had been released. I could easily remember how much it had cost me to talk about what had happened with Josh—how painful it had been to dredge up those memories, and how frightened I was that we would be taken away from my parents as a result. How could anyone involved in that process be willing to release it to the
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