#Me Too

#Me Too. "Forty years is a long time. " Liza hears those words on television from a man in a leadership position. He implies that after forty years a woman has had enough time to recover emotionally from unwanted sexual advances when she was a teenager--a child. Forty years after being abused, something incredible happened in Liza's life. Now it's been sixty years. What can she do to help her cope?

Liza Yates Too

The news lately has revealed a number of accounts of young women who  have received unwanted sexual advances from older men, who had the power to do as they pleased. There's no doubt that some men have misused young women (or young men) who were helpless and often innocent. 

This abuse of young women knows no limits. Neither Democrats or Republicans can deny the guilt of this crime.

These stories have clouded out my sunshine. It reminds me of a young woman, whose real name will not be stated. LIZA TOO was the name of her story, but some popular shoes are called Liza Too. It became necessary to add her last name, Yates. Her last name is not really Yates. Her story became Liza Yates Too. 

It makes me sad to tell you that nothing in this story is fiction, even though it appears as fiction. The names are changed to protect the innocent and the guilty. It's merely a short story with no embellishment, and it has fewer than ten pages. Since it is so short, it cannot not be published as a paperback until I write more stories and assemble them in a book. 

A talented producer is already working on recording it. If you prefer not to read a Kindle ebook, you might consider listening to it. It isn't necessary to own a Kindle to read Kindle books. It's possible to read electronic books on a laptop.

Have you heard stories like this one? Perhaps you may feel like saying, "Me too." Speaking the truth can cost a large price. 

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Her story begins:

She owned a secret, too embarrassing to tell anybody, and it was popping to come out.

Even now as she recalls that summer, she bites her lip in the fear that if she tells, whoever hears her will have some kind of negative reaction.

Is she trying to have a me-too story because the news is full of women coming out with their stories of sexual abuse? She may face the danger of being told it wasn’t important—many women…and men…have suffered more intense distress, but this was her misery. If she’s lived with it this long, why can’t she just keep it to herself and take it to her grave? She should forget about that perv. After all, he contributed so much to her community.

He’s dead.