Daddy’s Little Earner: A heartbreaking true story of a brave little girl's escape from violence. Maria Landon
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to do something he would tell me that I wouldn’t be capable of it, that I would make a fool of myself, and I believed him. I believed I was useless and didn’t deserve to have any of the things other children had or do any of the things they did.
I used to have a recurring nightmare during the years we lived with Dad. I would feel like I was caught in the centre of a spiral of colourful circles. As the spiral gathered speed I would feel trapped, falling faster and deeper into nothingness, certain that if I didn’t get out I was going to die. I would try to scream for help but no sounds would come out of my mouth and I would wake up feeling dizzy and nauseous. The nightmares went on for many years, both waking and sleeping.
Chapter Six
upsetting nanny
One winter morning when I was about eight, Dad, Terry and I were relaxing indoors watching television and eating chips. It was snowy outside but the sun was streaming in through the windows and the doors of the coal-burning stove were standing open, making the room feel warm and cosy in the light of the flames. At moments like that I loved our family life, just the three of us together and safe from the outside world in our own home. Eager to maintain the peaceful mood and keep Dad happy I stood up to clear away our plates after eating, thinking I was being a good girl, when something caught my attention on the television. As I watched the screen my concentration slipped for a second, my hand tilted without me noticing and some grease slid off the plate onto the carpet. Dad saw it first and bellowed at me, startling me so much I froze on the spot and the grease continued to flow, making him even angrier, as if I was deliberately disobeying him.
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