My Teenage Daughter Returns Home From My Sister's Place At Midnight Soaked In Rain, Cried All Night

[@bandiepowell6451]

The sister knew. That’s why she didn’t answer her phone. And then at party got very defensive. She knew and would have done nothing if for her son getting caught.

[@HorseLady1109]

Wow! I don’t need specifics…the fact that Elijah went to prison leads me to only one conclusion. OP was absolutely right to press charges.

[@fuchsiasecret120]

You did NOT fail as a mother OP!!! You did EVERYTHING right!!! Your sister failed as a mother and as an aunt!!!

[@nuages8915]

Why are you blaming her sister??? She cant control her awful kid can she

[@fuchsiasecret120]

@@nuages8915 she could have raised her son!!! She sent him off to boarding school!!! She didn't do anything except pay for him, she was an absent parent in his life!!! You think she has no blame to take in this??? She absolutely does!!! His choices reflect on her as a parent, the way she raised him, the advice she gave him!!! This is on more than just the son!!! His mother was not a parent!!! She was an ATM at best!!!

[@nuages8915]

@@fuchsiasecret120 a lot of weird assumptions there

[@nuages8915]

@fuchsiasecret120 and this is starting to sound like misogyny why are you not blaming his father too ??? You're weird

[@fuchsiasecret120]

@@nuages8915 how??? OP states that the kid was sent to boarding school, that she barely ever saw him growing up... that is all we need to hear!!!

[@daishawilliams8301]

Op i understand that you want the best for your daughter and I'm glad you report your newphie to the cops.

[@stersil]

I commend the young girl's mother for continuing to press to find out what was troubling her daughter. Thank God for her uncle's perseverance and morality.

[@sherrischweigl6860]

Op, thank goodness that your daughter is okay and that your nephew is in jail hopefully for a long time. I hope that your daughter will recover with the help she’s getting.

[@jackielliottcombs4057]

I’m so glad OP recorded the conversation!!! My personal experience is the assailant was believed over the ones assaulted. Yet it was two assaulted. The assailants mother and the father of the two assaulted took the assailants side. They were 8 and 9 years old when it happened the first time. PTSD is no laughing matter.

[@tiffanyjohnson3336]

I glad you put him behind bars, because you know this was not his first time….

[@veldasnyder2144]

hope he never gets out of jail!

[@cheekysaver]

I just want to say this is such a important story to have out there. Other parents I am sure will recognise something in this. And Mr R, Great job! This subject matter is really walking the line to stay within the YT standards... you did a great job. You never know who that effort may save in the future.

[@rebekahcalcote8308]

If what I believe happened actually happened, Elijah doesn't belong in jail. He belongs 6ft under! That's my personal opinion. I don't take kindly to people (male, female or otherwise) who prey upon underaged children! Those crimes are the highest to reoffend, and I don't believe they should be around to create another victim. I may be an a**hole by saying it, but I don't care.

[@brandypebler2054]

I wish more people felt the way

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@brandypebler2054 Predators of that sort occur in all walks of life. Unfortunately the more influential of them can prevent offences similar to theirs being taken seriously. Not long ago both the Kremlin and the White House were run by men that way inclined.

[@jamesfeltman3300]

Woodchipper 😡

[@nattclf8574]

You're not the a****** for saying that at the end of the day they get out they repeat their action dogs get put down if they hurt a child but predators get protected

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@nattclf8574 The problem with making death the penalty for a crime is that very few will be convicted by a jury. As it is, juries convict very few men of such offences against adult women. We saw that in the old days when pickpockets were hanged. Cesare Beccaria pointed out two centuries ago that what deters offenders is not the severity but the certainty of punishment.

[@susanlosey9511]

OP, you were absolutely right in being so suspicious and protective of your daughter. Good for Elija having to spend a long time at the elite Grey Bar Hotel, for many, many years. Glad your daughter is doing better! You and your husband need to be commended for being a united front for your daughter!❤❤❤

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Elijah’s Father = MVP CHAD 💯😎

[@ChefRye1]

I mean father did the right thing but I can’t give him all the props he did raise an entitled grapist.

[@Melcharm]

Op check for sexual abuse from your nephew. Omg Op I didn’t listen the entire story before posting but I knew that what happened from the beginning. Chance are he did that to someone else he was to comfortable.

[@SirBitingBen]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. When she talked about him being well spoken and polite I was like “this kid ain’t shit”

[@bricknan]

Ah same here, the mood change matched up with the nephews arrival home.

[@paulamyint7123]

There were so many places that this poor child could have fallen through the cracks. Thank goodness her mama bear didn't let that happen. In cases like this the victim is shamed or bullied into not saying anything. Her mother trusted her gut and saved her daughter from more abuse. May Elijah rot in jail, and I hope his conviction is leaked to other inmates

[@shadicusivxxradicus2253]

Elijah needs to be put under the jail for what he had done to Amy. In my state people like Elijah would be converted into dog food (via wood chipper).

[@JoaddahfromCAMEROON]

I hope that Amy has been tested for STIS & PREGNANCY. Therapy is absolutely essential for her to process all that has happened to her.

[@angelafields3740]

im really happy his dad didnt defend his son..

[@k1davis617]

I could already tell what happened the minute the cousin was mentioned. I'm so sad and dorry to hear what OP's daughter had to go through, but I'm so glad that Elijah's father did the right thing without any convincing. Gives Mr hope for society. So many people get away with things like thos do to connections and threats.

[@LaviniaKing-hz9ue]

--- I think your nephew is abusing your daughter and has threatened her not to reveal it. Elijah needs to reported to the police and his a$$ should be in jail. To Elijah be surprise his parents (Ava and William) did not support him.that

[@meredithwhidden8712]

Do you think your nephew is sexually abusing your daughter?

[@susanmcpeak7267]

Im loving the blender that is ALWAYS on in the kitchen - even at midnight...lol

[@Paula-vh8em]

SMH. The first time she called you sobbing should have been a clue.

[@tedjakearney2948]

Not the first time the Nephew has done this

[@takeeyahgoode3690]

The Mom/Aunt knew what was going on

[@SCP01986]

That makes them enemies.

[@nimisilverbird1239]

Innocent ppl don't say they can get out of anything. They say they didn't do it. Even more so when it comes to those accusations

[@Mama_Bear_of_3]

William showed his son that there are consequences to his actions, and he would not let him get away with the vile and disgusting things he did to his teenage cousin. I cried when I heard what happened to Amy. I love my children unconditionally with everything that is in me. But, what Elijah did. Nope, as his parents, when I found out what he did, they would have had to hold me back because I would have murder in my eyes. I, too, am a survivor of being assaulted by an older cousin. When I told my family, they all 100% rallied behind me. My cousin's father tried to hide him, but his mom (my mom's sister) showed right up at his house with the police. I have shared my experience with my children as they moved into tweenhood. I let them know that I could forgive them for almost any action they took, but if I ever found out they did to someone what was done to me, they had better run to the far corners of the earth and hope I never got my hands on them. Thank the Goddess above that my kids would never do something so disgustingly heinous.

[@kimholland4822]

I'm thinking that this is not the first time Elijah has done this. Op hope you're daughter is strong enough to survive the terrible trummer she has been though

[@Neyfufu00]

A lot of parents think that if you both don't love each other that you should stay with each other to give a false narrative of how loving you both are to each other just so your kid can live a better life when you will inevitably leave later on what would cause the same thing that you're trying to prevent to happen in the future anyway. If you don't love each other then split and co-parent like a normal person 😊. Even though that's what you did later on should have done it when you stopped loving each other

[@angelicakaufman7183]

Dude that Smoothie has been going for weeks in the background there

[@tiffanymcghie]

I wonder what is being made that takes that long to mix up🤔

[@MCBRUCE76]

I kind of believe that Ava knew about her son's wrong doing, but kept quiet to protect her son, because the way she tried to protect and refused to listen Amy or OP, tells us a different story. She put on facade of her son being an innocent, until OP played the recorded conversation in front of Elijah. She could do nothing after that.

[@antoinettejohnson6251]

I’m not fully defending Ava, but I don’t know that I believe she knew exactly what Elijah had done to Amy. I think she was so defensive because she believed whatever lies he probably told her about Amy being an immature, spoiled brat to discredit Amy in his mom’s eyes in case she did decide to tell someone. No mom wants to believe her child is capable of assault; especially against a minor family member. Besides, when Ava overcame the denial to finally understand her husband and processed the truth of what Elijah had done to Amy, she WAS genuinely sorry. 😢 So maybe everyone involved (except Elijah) has been traumatized by what’s happened and also needs therapy.

[@Jonathan01233]

Father did right by not bailing him out

[@lisadelgado228]

So my oldest daughter got quiet, and acted weird and I found out my daughter was being assaulted by my stepson. I saw my daughter’s behavior changing. I told her, I KNEW something was wrong and she had to confess NOW! That’s when she talked.

[@christyparr1563]

Mr. Reditto.. I’m disappointed in you..yes the girl DID show signs or her Mom would not have realized that something was wrong. For many of us who dealt with SH/SA we had no choice but to try and bury our feelings. It comes out in different ways though. For the daughter it was crying and mood swings. She was visibly upset but because she had been threatened with physical violence she didn’t say anything. As a person who was SA and was subsequently threatened with violence, I understand what the OP’s daughter went through. I’m glad that OP noticed the change in her daughter when she wasn’t even in her home.

[@juanitathompson6837]

Put up cameras in schools

[@AndrewPureMI]

How old are you? I'm 33 and even in a town of 1,000 people we had cameras when I was in high school!

[@juanitathompson6837]

I'm 63

[@jessicazdzinicki5039]

On 2004 we didn't have cameras in my highschool.

[@antoinettebates244]

OP...Why did you not think it was strange for your sister NOT TO MENTION her son being home? You had to know that there was something up. His mother was going to defend her SON no matter what!!

[@dieselmom421]

Get a permanent restraining order

[@tracygardner6318]

I’m glad OP sister saw the light she’s not as bad as I thought.

[@lolitbird7522]

I honestly think she was covering for Elijah (possibly without him even realizing it, hoping Ava would never divulge her sons horrific actions so as not to ruin her rep) up until her meal ticket of a husband stated that he was siding with OP and Ava. The fact that at the party she immediately got on aggressive defense especially when OP grilled her on why she didn't answer her phone (while her breaking her phone could have actually happened it doesn't seem likely as OP would likely have clarified that she was being sent straight to voice-mail, but OP didn't clarify that meaning that if the phone was actually broken it would have sent all calls straight to voice-mail instead of just not getting picked up. Also how had the sister have let the cousins know she possibly wasn't coming the party if her phone was beoken?) The sister knew or at least suspected as Elijah was way too certain that his dad would get him out of trouble if this had honestly been his first run in with the law. My guess is that Elijah's mom is used to throwing her husband's weight around probably similarly as in this case but others didn't have the evidence OP had. So no I honestly don't believe OP's sister didn't know/suspect what her son was up to...especially tge fact that she didn't even mention to OP that Elijah had returned home until OP literally walked in to her home and saw him there.

[@valeriesrtaskey9208]

You can never put this behind you. It will be mental hell forever no matter how much therapy you have

[@kasiebuzick]

The blinder has been going on counter the whole time a simple detail easily missed.❤

[@aja-dawnisaac9811]

Good morning to all readers😊A mothers love and they both get what they deserve 🙏 He is sick in d head.😊and his mom is with in Thoughs😊😊😊

[@bruniabraincrumbs2211]

The OP did have an inkling something was amiss because she kept trying to get it out of her daughter. She even went to the new school to see if the bullying had started up again and suspected her brother-in-law. She never gave up trying to find out, making her an MVP and Elijah's dad. I wonder if Elijah's dad had witnessed prior evil acts on his part--not to Op's daughter but perhaps to friends because that one recording cinched it for him.

[@heathencat5236]

The victims of sexual abuse are never ok. Denial will eventually crumble the psyche and can destroy a person from the inside out. My uncle beat my 18 yo cousin to within an inch of his life when he found out that he had raped a classmate. Then he disowned him. He was in fact disowned by everyone in the family, no one wanted him around. He was eventually prosecuted and convicted, getting sentenced to 25 years.

[@monicagutierrez5373]

I wonder if he’s done this before??

[@stevenshytles3484]

Op doesn't know how long her daughter will suffer.

[@tracygardner6318]

OP sister, and son are disgusting, I’m glad Elijah’s father did the right thing and not cute his son out of this

[@bodyartatlarge]

As someone who experienced child SA and ab*se from 3 family members this hurt a lot. I knew all too well after you read that her mood changed after she had been around him, because I was the same way with those 3 who assaulted me for at least 3-4 years. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg of who has SAd and hurt me my entire life. My parent was too late to catch onto why I was depressed and in mental hospitals for multiple s*icide attempts. Those threes mother kicked me out in the dark alone after she found one of her sons SAing me. She called me a whore. I was 8 years old. I hope OP keeps a close eye on her daughter because that stuff will destroy you for the rest of your life. It makes my heart happy to know that piece of crap went to jail, because I never got that. I was too late to tell anyone and they got away with everything. I just knew that they would do something to someone else, and they did. They did the same thing to my sibling when they were 4. Humanity can be such a disgusting thing and I got the worst of it.

[@cdlc5256]

So very sorry that you have had to endure these awful events. Life can be truly terrible to those who least deserve it. You are a very admirable, strong person and I hope life is surrounding you with better people and some peace of mind.

[@bodyartatlarge]

@@cdlc5256 I really appreciate the kind words, so thank you. Life has been a challenge after all of the pain multiple people caused me, but I like to think that it got me to where I am today. I’m married and we have two cats together. The trauma will always be there, but when I look at it now from where I’m at, I can see the younger me smiling to know I made it. Life is never fair, and sometimes it deals more damage to someone more than others, even children. Sometimes people don’t see the strength it takes to live with that pain every day. Sometimes, people don’t make it out and they’re no longer alive. But I do know one thing, and that’s they can never take away your passion, your will to live; although they may have tried. It takes more courage to speak, to crawl through the trenches of that pain and make it to the other side. I only wish I could have saved others.

[@lisadelgado228]

Nope!!! Your momma intuition is On Que. always and I mean ALWAYS make your child KNOW. U KNOW. It’s something BIG! And they have to talk about it

[@lj0608]

Sorry but you're wrong she was showing signs of being abused you just didn't notice abused people saw it a mile off before it was told what was happening

[@onepieceisking5493]

Bet the aunt took back what she said about op's kid being a spoiled brat after hearing her son and how he acted.

[@deadeye4047]

"I don't know (blank) very well, but I'm sure (blank) is a good person." We always want to believe that the people in our circles are good people, so I can't blame OP for her assumption. However, if you don't know someone as well as you should, you should probably be a little more wary of them when something wrong or off happens around them. Don't be accusatory, but definitely be suspicious.

[@nimisilverbird1239]

The schools don't do shiz about bullying. Teach her to fight

[@soralinklokidottirprincess10]

Right I’ve heard of people committing $u!€!d£ because of bullying.

[@annm3064]

Ill bw completely honest.... When i heard Elijah came back from abroad and nobody knew, my first thought was he assulted Emily. Everything following that screamed she was in a very bad mental place and ahe was getting used.... I might be biased.... But it seems obvious to me. Then again i was in a very bad relationship, so im familiar with the signs. I hope for the best for OP and Amy

[@overlord8152]

I can't believe the parents hung their son out to dry. I was really expecting him to get two years or less. As wrong as the guy was he was also stupid. Don't even look at someone who isn't 18, period. Amy is getting justice 10 fold with what they are doing to that guy in prison. Now seeing this, I am even more apprehensive than I was before about cohabitation situations.

[@dawnwagoner8307]

I had a feeling that he did something to Amy

[@janmarie3976]

Get some counseling she may talk to a counselor who is no relation to her and who will keep everything private which sometimes that's what a teenage girl needs

[@andresiathechannel7988]

he’s lucky the mom caught them and not the dad or he woulda charged in and sent the mf to jesus

[@nimisilverbird1239]

I knew it. By the way the story was read. Take him down

[@Kya1990]

The other prisoner's will handle Elijah!

[@Eldritch-1]

Bad papers is no joke...

[@janmarie3976]

I think you may be taking advantage of her you might better watch out

[@DeborahPorter-pu8pi]

Give her a stuff bear with a hodden camera. Elijah is a sneaky snake.

[@claytonparris432]

Chomos don't do so well in prison. He will get his in the end (over and over😂)

[@deborahkizer4664]

The proof is standing right in front of you she told you who it was and what they did you never did anything for her. If sue the school. Yeah I'd say to school soon principal share the whole damn lot of them get them three girls in trouble because they did put their hands on her and touch her and get her locked in their bathroom and I would believe my daughter over any of you. Call the police.

[@WantonBaby]

Keep quite WHAT ???

[@lajoycestewart7528]

👺😨👺😨👺😨👺😨👺😨👺

[@erincrsmn]

Sorry to be "that person" but you really should've kept a closer eye on your daughter, and put 2 and 2 together sooner. Your little girl has lost something she'll never get back and will be traumatized for life. It wasn't hard to guess as soon as you stated the timeline between Amy's behavior and your nephews return. No parent is perfect, but especially with your daughters most recent trauma at her first school you should've been around more and kept her in counseling.. who would've definitely picked up on this sooner. Uncontrollable sobbing, showing up in the middle of the night? How many cries for help did you miss? Period cramps? Now you know what had just happened to her and you just hung up even knowing something was wrong. A mother should always trust her gut. Your nephew is obviously the responsible one. But you dropped the ball as her mother. I hope that you get counseling for this as well. Because I'm sure you'll need it as you KNOW you dropped the ball. I wish the best for your daughter and family.. except that little💩 nephew of yours. Poor girl😢

[@xandan1668]

Hey Elijah! (Knocks 🧼 out his hand) Pick it up! PICK. IT. UP!

[@charlettebancroft7303]

No don't take her word for it because she is having issues with Elijah something is wrong check it out cause something is wrong

[@charlettebancroft7303]

But up till now no body knows what he did to amy