For half a lifetime "Jean" had
said nothing of what had happened to her - the terror and the torment
and the agony of her so-called childhood was locked up in her memory.
Never forgotten. Just sitting there under the surface. Filed away. On
her mind but never spoken. For half a lifetime.
Who would believe her if she spoke? No one, she felt. No one would believe what had happened to her - and to the others.