Zavaya
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2021
The police report described everything but because of the severity of the case, the family of the young woman had asked for a private meeting with the social worker to explain a thing or two. As the mother and father sat down in the office in Amsterdam, the desperation was visible on their faces.
“Veerle was found during that police raid last month. They entered seven properties all over the country and arrested a lot of people. Our daughter had been missing for three years.”
The woman visibly battled some tears and the man took over.
“The police found her, in a small dirty and dark room in a warehouse. No windows, bare floors. All she had was an old dirty mattress, a blanket and a bucket.”
He showed a few pictures of the room where his daughter was found. It was a tiny room, two by three meters with bare stucco walls and a concrete floor. The mattress looked filthy and brown and the bucket was visible in the pictures as well.
“When they found her, she was naked and malnourished. She had large iron cuffs around her ankles with a chain between them.”
He showed another picture, this time of Veerle as she was found. The young woman’s body emaciated and all kinds of unhealthy shades of grey and purple.
“They used her as a sex slave they say. But she was so weak, she couldn’t walk anymore.”
They showed some more pictures of the daughter. Her raid hair ragged on her shoulder, visibly cut without care. A dull look in her eyes. Then the father put the pictures away.
“The police confiscated phones and laptops from a lot of people. They’ve taken a lot of pictures and videos of Veerle being raped. I’ve given them permission to share them with you if you think it would help you.”
The mother was now a sobbing mess and took some comforting from her husband.
“After she was found, she spent a few days in hospital. They found out she had been pregnant at least once. Three days later she came home with us but it feels like she still isn’t fully there. We feel like her body is healing but her mind is still damaged. It took us a few days to keep her clothes on. Whenever we asked her something, she panicked and when her family and friends came to check in on her, all she kept asking was how she could serve them. She was scared of them. That’s slowly fading but we still cannot invite people. Veerle needs help.”
A week later, Veerle sat in the waiting room next to her father. She told him and herself that she was fine but she knew she wasn’t. It was why she had accepted to go here. A last resort. Now that she was free again, she felt like she didn’t belong in this world. When the blonde psychiatrist opened the door and called her in, her father immediately jumped up to help her but she waved him off. Her physiotherapist had told her that she had to do it herself.
Because of her malnourishment for three years, her muscles had weakened, up to a point where she couldn’t walk and even now, about a month or two later, she still needed a walking aid. She put the cane on the floor in front of her and with a lot of effort raised herself off the chair. Then she slowly shuffled towards the open door, leaving her father in the waiting room so that she could speak with the doctor alone.
“Veerle was found during that police raid last month. They entered seven properties all over the country and arrested a lot of people. Our daughter had been missing for three years.”
The woman visibly battled some tears and the man took over.
“The police found her, in a small dirty and dark room in a warehouse. No windows, bare floors. All she had was an old dirty mattress, a blanket and a bucket.”
He showed a few pictures of the room where his daughter was found. It was a tiny room, two by three meters with bare stucco walls and a concrete floor. The mattress looked filthy and brown and the bucket was visible in the pictures as well.
“When they found her, she was naked and malnourished. She had large iron cuffs around her ankles with a chain between them.”
He showed another picture, this time of Veerle as she was found. The young woman’s body emaciated and all kinds of unhealthy shades of grey and purple.
“They used her as a sex slave they say. But she was so weak, she couldn’t walk anymore.”
They showed some more pictures of the daughter. Her raid hair ragged on her shoulder, visibly cut without care. A dull look in her eyes. Then the father put the pictures away.
“The police confiscated phones and laptops from a lot of people. They’ve taken a lot of pictures and videos of Veerle being raped. I’ve given them permission to share them with you if you think it would help you.”
The mother was now a sobbing mess and took some comforting from her husband.
“After she was found, she spent a few days in hospital. They found out she had been pregnant at least once. Three days later she came home with us but it feels like she still isn’t fully there. We feel like her body is healing but her mind is still damaged. It took us a few days to keep her clothes on. Whenever we asked her something, she panicked and when her family and friends came to check in on her, all she kept asking was how she could serve them. She was scared of them. That’s slowly fading but we still cannot invite people. Veerle needs help.”
A week later, Veerle sat in the waiting room next to her father. She told him and herself that she was fine but she knew she wasn’t. It was why she had accepted to go here. A last resort. Now that she was free again, she felt like she didn’t belong in this world. When the blonde psychiatrist opened the door and called her in, her father immediately jumped up to help her but she waved him off. Her physiotherapist had told her that she had to do it herself.
Because of her malnourishment for three years, her muscles had weakened, up to a point where she couldn’t walk and even now, about a month or two later, she still needed a walking aid. She put the cane on the floor in front of her and with a lot of effort raised herself off the chair. Then she slowly shuffled towards the open door, leaving her father in the waiting room so that she could speak with the doctor alone.