The 'boyfriend' was over a year in the past. He had seemed so nice and caring when Romina had met him. Slowly, but surely he'd taken away her life. First telling her what clothes to wear, what friends to see, controlling and questioning everything she did and said. Eventually, she never went out and cringed every time she saw him. Finally, finally she went to church. The vicar was a wonderful woman who instantly saw the injury to her soul that her family hadn't noticed. The vicar bolstered her nerve, so that when she saw his phone lying about when he was out, she picked it up intending to phone her parents. Instead, diverted into finding out what he did when out. Yee gods.. She rushed to the vicar, gave her the phone, and the Police arrived in 10 minutes. Child sex abuse gets that response, especially when he starred in some of the photos. He was arrested, swearing savage revenge, and was put away for 20 years minimum, with most of that being in solitary for his own safety. So, a year on, Romina took her first tentative step to have a life of her own. The injury to the essence of who she was, slowly healing. She had chosen the dress all by herself, and chosen the friends who were to meet her at the restaurant. The permed hair, an act of defiance that nearly didn't happen. He never let her have anything other than a tightly scraped back pony tail that made her look like a drudge. She screwed her courage to the limit, nearly shaking with the effort, and had blonde tips. If he ever saw her like this... No, no she was past her fear of him. But just before leaving, she suddenly panicked. What if he'd escaped and was there, going to rape her and beat her to death as he had promised? He never broke those promises.. He broke almost all the other promises, but promises of violence and pain were never once unfulfilled. Gail, Romina's calm elder sister, held her hand in reassurance and gave her the tiny scrap of comfort needed to overcome her irrational fear. The story behind the image, I fear, is true. The vicar is real, as is the boyfriend and his crime. The real life 'Romina' is starting her recovery. Obviously, the models are Romina and Gail, the clothing is by Wilmap. Shoes by Arryn. Background, a model by me in SolidWorks and translated/texmapped with my own programs. Romina's naturally tragic face is perfect to illustrate this story. Romina's hair is 'Pascale Hair's with a -200% length morph dial position. Gail's hair is SWAM's Seema hair for G3F on G8F. Nice and lightweight on the system to counteract the Pascale hair.