Yes, Nemesis, it is hard right now. I find I have a hard time forcing myself to do anything, let alone write this up and post it. My younger brother has been inconsolable. I am still working on what happened to us next.

The adults in my life are still encouraging me to continue writing this up and posting it, for closure. So I'm still working on it, for now. --- They didn't drive for long, however, soon stopping to search us more thoroughly. They stripped us down to our underclothes, and then we were taken from the...

I promised that I would post this, when I started writing it some days ago. Due to recent events, I likely wouldn't have posted at all, but I've been urged to do so, as it's been judged to be possibly therapeutic for me. Personally, I don't see how going over events again would be helpful, but I'm ...