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He started sucking on my neck and I just laid there staring at the roof thinking,

some people are sick.

Real people.

That's when I opened the front door.

And I saw my car was already underwater.

So obviously I wasn't going anywhere.

And obviously my parents were not getting to me.

Who faced death.

And then I thought, I'm going to be raped. At least. What else? I don't know, but raped, definitely. And live to tell how. And I said, you're a coward. You're a moron. You're not going to kill me. You're not going to kill me. I was taunting him. I wanted him to go, yes, I will, and just shoot me.

This is I survived.

It's September 1992 in Palm Springs, California.

Jennifer, a 19-year-old nurse,

is working the night shift at a handicapped children's center.

I had been late a few times because I wasn't used to the bus schedule.

And the lady that I relieved, she told me,

if I was late again, she was going to have to tell the boss.

And that kind of scared me because I was afraid to get in trouble

or even lose my job, which I loved. One night, Jennifer arrived at the bus stop early and went to a

store to buy food. While waiting in line, she saw her bus go past. And I just started to panic and

looking at my watch, thinking, I'm going to be late, I'm going to get fired.

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