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Maya's Child Abuse

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During Maya’s childhood, she was segregated by white people to the point where she started to believe that white people were not real. She felt sufficient enough being loved by Bailey. When Maya’s father came and took her and Bailey back to their mother’s home in St. Louis, her life began to fall apart. She liked being held by the mother's boyfriend (Mr. Freeman) and she was too young and innocent to recognize the possible danger which ultimately resulted in the brutal rape at such a tender age. She blamed herself for allowing Mr. Freeman to hold her before he supposively raped her. During the court hearing, she decided to keep it secret because she was frightened that people might think badly of her. She enjoyed being held by Mr. Freeman

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