And then he would reach over and grab my legs, start running my leg,

trying to unbutton my pants, and I was trying to push his hand away.

And he was like, if you don't let me do this to you, I'm going to take your sister,

and I'm going to do it to her.

Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Sanagado.

I'm Greg Dybeck. For anyone out there that wants to be a guest on the show,

don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can reach us at our website, opalshow.com,

or sit us an email directly at opalpodcastatgmail.com.

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You can head over to patreon.com slash opalshow. If you want weekly,

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So let's get into today's conversation. Just a fair warning ahead of time.

This conversation will be covering some heavy themes, some stories including

sex trafficking, violence, abuse. If you've listened to the show in the past,

you know we feel that it's important to cover these stories when we can.

Episodes like I was part of a child pornography ring, or my mother made me her

prisoner, and while these are not the easiest conversations to have,

we value the voices of the survivors who have lived through these traumatic

and unfortunate experiences, and our eager to share their stories with others,

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