TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter talks graphically about physical child abuse, sexual abuse and rape of minors, if this triggers you please please skip this chapter. I know this subject can be very hard to read about especially if you have suffered similar abuse. Trust me I know personally how easy it is to be transformed back to your own abuse situation just reading about others suffering. I have personally gone through many years of therapy to get to a point where I can write about it without being triggered. Please keep yourself safe!!
Glen laid on the couch in his office at the hospital. He had been up for almost 24 hours. There had been a horrible pile up on the freeway with many critical injuries. As chief resident of the emergency room he had to be there until all patients were stable and either transferred to the hospital floors or discharged.
They were short staffed so he did 12 hrs. back to back. He was scheduled to work in just 6 hrs. so he decided to sleep in his office rather than go home. Glen had only been asleep a couple hours when a nurse rushed into his office
"Dr. Ripley they need you in the south pod right away there's a hostile patient in there screaming your name."
Glen huffed "what the hell," he followed the nurse as they got closer he recognized the voice. The woman's back was to the door, she was yelling at the nurse and a young intern.
"I want Dr. Ripley in here right fucking NOW" she screamed
"There is no need to scream I'm right here" Glen replied with irritation.
The woman turned around and before security could stop her she stormed up to Glen, slapping him across the face. She went to do it a second time when Glen grabbed her wrist.
"Mother, you need to calm down or I'm going to have you sedated" he threatened.
"Don't you threaten me Glen Ripley you're the one that kidnapped my children" she shouted at him.
The mother and son had an audience; the entire staff was huddled close watching the scene unfold. It was shocking to all of them because Dr. Ripley never talked about his life outside work.
The only thing they knew was he was raising his siblings with the help of his police officer brother. They didn't know why or what he had been through.
Glen always carried himself with confidence no one could fathom the hell he went through in his youth. Glen wasn't embarrassed at his mothers presence there or the fact she was trying to air the family's dirty laundry.
He just wanted her gone because her presence simply annoyed him. "I did not kidnap your children. I saved them from your abuse and the abuse of your many boyfriends'' he seethed at her.
"I received the court papers, you adopted my children without my permission. Claire, Caleb and Brett are my kids not yours'' she continued to yell.
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Trigger Warning: Flashback of Child Abuse
Glen shook his head "I really don't think you want me telling our audience here why you are not capable of caring for your kids. I'm sure you don't want people to know what you let those bastard boyfriends do to your kids."
Glen growled warning her to stop. She laughed in his face. "Zachary got what was coming to him. Besides he couldn't have hated it that much because I hear he has a boyfriend so obviously he liked it and asked for it" she smiled wickedly at Glen as shocked murmurs were heard behind them.
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General FictionThe Ripley boys have worked hard to overcome the abuse they suffered at the hands of their mother and her many boyfriends including an ex-boyfriend that was unspeakably cruel....Glen Ripley the oldest of 5 boys recruited his younger brother Zach to...
