Their mother serves her daughters wine to the point where they get drunk. Raeanne mixes three pills into her father's drinks so he will pass out. Their father is an alcoholic and drug addict, binge-drinking bourbon and swallowing prescription pain medication.

Coughing it out./ I love head rushes, the creeping/ warmth that follows.' Later, she tries opiated hash. Raeanne trades sex for drugs there is an entire ode to the joys of pot: 'I love the way the thick smoke/ tastes, curling across my tongue/ snaking down my throat.

Her father starts to hit Kaeleigh, then stops when a nurse threatens to report him for child abuse.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Will you let me draw blood?' After explaining that she is jealous of her father's incestuous relationship with her twin, Raeanne says she wishes her father 'realized I want to love him the way Mom used to….If Daddy would just stand still for me, I'd happily tap his core.' About her father's incest, Kaeleigh says, 'What if I ask for it somehow,/ maybe subconsciously? Being brutally honest with myself it/ feels good.' Kaeleigh's elderly friend shares her own experience as a child with a violent, incestuous father. Ty asks Raeanne, 'How far will you go with me?. Their father was forced to sexually pose for child pornography at age 10. Kaeleigh cuts herself to the point where 'The drain runs red' and attempts suicide by swallowing painkillers. Mick yanks Raeanne's arm hard enough to leave bruises and at one point tries to physically force her to perform oral sex even when she says no. The father causes a head-on car accident. Several graphic descriptions of incestuous, forced oral sex.

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