Her father did terrible things to Esther, her mother did not intervene: ‘She said I was sick’ | Top stories from Rivierenland

She was an ordinary girl of four years old. Sweet and shy. Standing there in the schoolyard. All around her is the noise of playing classmates: cheerful laughter, enthusiastic screams. But Esther’s eyes are sad. She stares at a paving stone. The teacher takes her by the hand. ,,Come play!” But Esther doesn’t want to. That pavement, she would prefer to disappear into it.

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