Never, ever, EVER meet strangers by yourself at crowded parks.

So this happened in 2017 when I was 16. I was a gullible, adventurous (read naive) child and was convinced that people don’t kidnap others anymore and they are warned about stuff like that in school for no reason at all. I’d walk everywhere alone at night. I’d go on solo camping trips. I’d open the door to strangers without a second thought.<br><br>One day, I was bored and I was home alone. I went to my usual park to hang out for a while when I met this guy. He was tall, with long brown hair and bright green eyes. His teeth were crooked and yellow. He was smiling and kind and had a very sweet demeanor. He looked a little old for my age but I didn’t question it because I thought he wasn’t that old. He constantly smiled, showing his yellow teeth. He told me his name was Sam and we started talking. He was genuinely very sweet and I didn’t think he could be a bad guy. Somehow we managed to talk for a good 2 hours, mostly about random stuff. I found out he was 25 and I remember that he told me the reason he asked about my age was because he thought I looked way too young to be in college. I was flattered. I remember how much I gushed over how mature and sweet I thought he was. I’d walk around the park with him and I never questioned anything about him. He was so sweet and so very nice and I don’t know at all what I was thinking and why I didn’t question anything about him the first time we met.<br><br>Fast forward to a few days, we met again at the same park and I didn’t say no when he invited me to his house, alone, without my parents knowing. I hid my phone so my parents wouldn’t find it. Sam had a small house, very cozy. It had the cutest decorations and it was very well kept. He was sweet the entire time, he offered to make me food and he told jokes. I was so comfortable with him, I didn’t see anything wrong with him. He asked me to go with him to the bedroom and I didn’t question it. I was so comfortable with him that I didn’t think anything wrong could happen. He’d stay a few feet away from me but he’d walk behind me. I remember hearing him walk behind me. I never looked back and I never thought anything wrong could happen. When we were in the bedroom I finally started to think something could be off. I remember feeling a bad feeling that I couldn’t describe but it was something subconscious. He was touching my shoulders and my upper arms. I don’t remember how it happened, but soon after that he was holding me, and I tried to struggle but he held me tighter. I tried to say no but he drew my head close and kissed me. He was so much stronger than me. I tried to say no but he was kissing me again and he was holding my arms and my wrists. I was in a lot of pain. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I thought this was something that only happens in fiction, not in real life. I didn’t think I was in danger. I didn’t think at all. I was so scared that there was no way out. I was so scared that I began to cry. I was so scared I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t fight back. I didn’t say no, I didn’t say yes. I just didn’t respond at all. I couldn’t say or do anything. I was so paralyzed with fear that I couldn’t say anything. I was so scared that I was in shock. I couldn’t say anything at all. I couldn’t say yes. I couldn’t say no. I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t say anything at all. I couldn’t say or do anything. All I could do was cry. It was so scary that I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t do anything.<br><br>I thought it was all over for me. I thought that was it. It was all over for me. All I could do was cry. I remember how much I began to cry. I was so scared I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t say yes. I couldn’t say no. I couldn’t do or say anything. I was so scared that there was no way out. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I thought I was prepared. I thought I was ready. I thought I knew what to expect. I thought I could fight back if anything happened. I didn’t think I could be kidnapped or sexually harassed. I didn’t think it was possible. I thought that I was prepared. I thought that I was ready. I thought that I was invincible. I was so wrong.<br>All I could do was cry and I didn’t know what to expect. I was so scared. I didn’t expect that anything like this could ever happen. I thought I was prepared for anything. I thought I was ready. I didn’t think that this could ever happen. I didn’t think I was in danger. I thought it was something that only happens in movies and books. I thought that wasn’t real life. I thought I was safe. I thought I was protected and I thought I was invincible. I thought I was ready.<br>All I could do was cry. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I didn’t think I was in danger. I didn’t think I was prepared. I didn’t think I was ready. I thought I was invincible. I thought I could fight back. I couldn’t. All I could do was cry.<br>All I could do was cry. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I thought I was prepared for anything. I thought I was ready. I thought I could fight back. I couldn’t. All I could do was cry. I was so scared. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I didn’t think I was in danger. I didn’t think I could be kidnapped or sexually harassed. I didn’t think that was possible. I thought it only happened in fictional stories. I didn’t think it could happen in real life. I didn’t think I could be sexually harassed. I was so scared. I thought I was prepared. I thought I was ready. I thought I was invincible. I thought I could fight back. I couldn’t. All I could do was cry. All I could do was cry. I didn’t think anything could ever happen to me. I thought I was ready. I thought I was prepared. I thought I was invincible. I thought I could fight back. I couldn’t. All I could do was cry.