Men Do Cry

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Trigger Warning: Mention of violence and self-harm.

"Are you going to kill me?" asks Grant.

"If I kill you, then there won't be any memory for you to remember in your life", says Liam.

Liam gets down on his knees and starts getting closer to Grant on his face. "You wanted this, right?", Liam whispers. "I don't want to stoop this low but I have to."

Grant is alarmed as Liam slowly starts to take off his hospital trousers.

"What are you doing, Liam? Stop!", says Grant.

Liam puts his hand on Grant's penis and he starts fighting with his hand, which is bruised.

Liam takes a rope, ties both his hands to the wheelchair, takes a piece of fabric, and stuffs it in his mouth.

"This is what you wanted and this is what you did to me", says Liam.

Liam starts jerking off Grant's penis and as he starts getting hard, he pulls his mouth towards it and starts sucking it. Grant cries in horror but is helpless, and he realizes how Liam must have felt at that moment. He is scared that the same thing might happen to him but also pleasured due to sexual arousal.

Liam cries as he fellates Grant and remembers what he did to him that night and what everything led to. In anger, Liam bites the penis and Grant screams in pain but as the fabric is stuffed in his mouth, his sound is not heard outside the room. Liam keeps on biting with his teeth as hardly as he can, and Grant grunts as he tries to scream and cry for help, till he is left frozen from the pain. His penis is all swelled up and damaged with blood. It looked like a dead meat.

Liam gets up with blood covering his mouth, and walks outside the room leaving Grant in that condition, and enters the restroom in the basement. He inserts his finger in his mouth and pukes, and washes his mouth, looks at the mirror, smiles, and marches out of the hospital.

After 1 Week...

Grant, Kiara and Darien are all charged with crimes like rape, drug use, silencing the victim, running away, attempt to murder, blackmailing, harassment, and so on, for which they are given the punishment of lifetime imprisonment and fined $15 million.

Henry has recovered from his heart attack and has decided to move out to a new place with Leslie and Gracey. Cathy has also healed from the fall and now can walk and speak.

Amber has broken up her relationship with Darien and now wants to get back with Yulian, who wants the same. But they are not able to tell each other and express their feelings in a fear of being rejected. Hannah and Dave are rewarded by the police for speaking out and standing up for the victim.

Lexicon College of Science and Technology:

Liam opens his locker and finds a letter from the Carter family. He opens up and it reads,

"We are sorry for whatever our son did and we have no words for it. We hope you are in a good health and hope to see you achieve in life."

Another letter is from Cathy, and it reads,

"Dear Liam, I am sorry for whatever Kiara did and everything you went through. When I was a little girl, I had a brother who committed suicide after being molested by our uncle. He didn't say anything to anyone and always avoided family gatherings. I had doubts that something wasn't right and one day while I came back early to home from school, I saw uncle penetrating my brother, who was tied up and beaten. I tried to call my parents and the cops, but since I didn't have mobile phone at that time I had to run to the other room to get the telephone. Before that, uncle pulled my hair and attacked me and started threating that he would do the same to me. My brother fought and uncle ran away from the house and later when we told this thing to our family, no one believed. Everyone said that we were hallucinating and accused us of taking drugs. We had no option but to maintain distance from him. My brother started suffering from anxiety and PTSD, and after few months, he jumped from the window and killed himself. I don't want this story to be repeated again in any house, so I had to stand against my daughter.

Also, during the early days of modeling, I remember what I had to go through from these kinds of people in the industry. I am lucky enough to survive but there are so many unheard voices behind the curtains of the ramp.

I am so happy that you are brave to stand up for yourself and I hope that others will be inspired by you."

He smiles after reading that and puts it back inside, and heads towards the basketball court where an assembly is taking place.

"Dear students", says Mr. Marano. "We know whatever has happened in the college for the past few weeks has been tiring and frustrating, and we are sorry for that. However, we are happy that from all this mess, a hero has emerged and we are so proud of Liam Garcia, that he stood up against the injustice. We are very joyful to have students like Liam and Hannah in our college."

Everyone in the hall claps, and Mr. Marano asks, "Anyone want to say anything?"

Mr. Mayers comes upfront and says, "I want to say something."

He gets on the mic stand and says, "A few days ago, I saw Liam being bullied by some students and don't worry I have assured that no one will ever bully him. But one thing that I have never told to anyone is how much I could relate to Liam's story. When I was young, like you guys, in college, I was raped too". In a shivering voice, he continues, "I was in the football team, and in the shower room, other team members stole my underwear. I was asking them to give it back to me but as I was skinny and weak compared to them, I couldn't fight. Suddenly, they all ganged up on me and dragged me down, and sat on top of me, and I suffocated. I told them to get off and they did but then, they started poking my private parts and started stuffing my underwear in my mouth. Some boys started inserting their feet in my mouth and some fingered me. I was helpless, but I didn't speak anything." He starts crying, "I wish I could have stood up for myself and I regret it. I don't know where all those boys are now but I hope that God punishes each one of them. I don't know if they are roaming open or they have victimized someone else, I wish I could have being brave like Liam. But I didn't because I was scared to be questioned about my masculinity. Liam Garcia, you are one of my heroes."

The hall claps for Mr. Mayers and Mr. Marano pats him saying, "It will all be good."

"I hope that every man who have being through similar or other types of violence starts speaking up without questioning their masculinity because it is okay for men to cry and I will confess that sometimes I cry too", says Mr. Marano on the mic.

The students in the college creates a support group for boys who are going through similar problems, and soon a lot of boys start sharing their stories.

Dae hyun from South Korea tells he was molested by his neighbour, a 35 year-old-woman.

Kemal from Turkey says he was forced to masturbate by his uncle and do the same for him.

Oleg from Ukraine explains he was bullied and sexually harassed by his roommates in high school.

Abhishek from India tells he was inappropriately touched by his tuition teacher while he was at her house.

Dante from Congo says he was raped and beaten by a farmer when he went to his farm to get his ball.

Mason from New Zealand tells that he was forced to give a blowjob to his boss.

Franco from Argentina tells he was forced to have sex with his friend's wife at a party after getting him drunk.

Siddharth from Nepal says he was touched inappropriately by a vendor in a market while his mom was busy buying vegetables.

Liam starts working again in Casa del Cibo, and after he returns back from work, he sees Amber and Yulian waiting for him. Yulian says, "Get ready, son. We are going to dinner in Bahamas."

Liam is excited and hurries to his room to get ready. After he gets ready, they go to the airport to fly to Bahamas.

Liam overlooks the bright and colorful New York City from the plane and as he turns around, he sees Amber and Yulian holding hands.