“Daddy, I’m in the hospital here in Houston, where I came for a story.  Something happened.”  I paused again, only for a second.  “I was raped in my hotel room, Daddy.  He came in behind me and when I shut the door, he was in with me.  He beat me up pretty bad and raped me.  After he left, I called 911 and I’m here at the hospital.”

     I could hear him softly crying in the background.  His voice shook and his words came out like he had sandpaper in his throat.

     “Oh, God!  Are you okay, honey?”

     “I think so.  Beat up and scared.  They did a rape kit wh...

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