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My Name Is Gail Carlson Im A Mother Of One Child And Ever Since I Divorced My Ex-Husband,Ted Iv Been Dating A Guy Named Eddie. But Ted Was The Father Of My Child So He Had Visitation Rights Do To The Courts,And I Did To. I Guess You Can Say We Were A Happy,Normal Family Until Five Year's Ago On The Fourth July I Was Forced By The Courts To Hand Over My Five-Year-Old Son,Andrew To His Father,Ted For The Weekend. Ted Arrived With His Young Girlfriend,Pattie,And Seemed Jealous Over The Relationship My Boyfriend,Eddie Had With Andrew. I Gave My Son To My Ex-Husband Who Promised To Return Him On Time As He Always Does. But When Andrew Was Late Returning I Told The Police That My Ex-Husband Had Kidnapped My Child They Failed To File A Report. Meanwhile Ted Was Driving A Sleeping Andrew Away From My House In The Morning They Were Stopped By The Police For Speeding Just Before They Crossed The State Border,And Since No Report Was Filed Ted,And His Girlfriend Were Not Stopped From Kidnapping Andrew Five Year's Later I Had Married Eddie,And We Had A Infant Son Together Named EJ.. I Had Kept Andrews Room Exactly The Way He Left It With A Few Presents For All The Birthdays,And Christmases He Missed. One Day While I Was Tending To EJ. I Gotta Call From Ted Saying To Meet Him At A Phone Booth,And To Not Call The Cops. After Being Given The Runaround By Ted I Yelled At My Ex-Husband,And Asked Him If Andrew Was Coming Home He Said That Andrew Would Travel To The Bus Station. Despite Losing All Hope Of Finding My Son,And Thinking That Ted Lied I Still Went To The Bus Station. After A Bus Arrived,And Andrew Did Not Show I Was About To Leave When Another Bus Arrived,And Andrew Got Off. He Was Dirty,And Had No Luggage I Ran To Greet My Son But I Got No Response From Him I Placed My Son In The Back Seat Of My SUV,And Sat Beside Him But Andrew Prefered To Sit On The Floor Curled Up I Buckled Andrew In,And We Went Home. Me,And Eddie Showed Andrew His Room. He Pushed The Presents Of His Bed,And Began To Jump On It He Made Grunting Noises Of Delight But Still Did Not Say A Word. His Grandmother Walked Into The Room With EJ. Andrew Grunted,And Held Out His Arms Wanting To Hold The Baby His Grandmother Placed The Baby On The Bed,And Andrew Cuddled With His Half-Brother.

At Dinner, Andrew Showed More Of The Effects That His Father Had On Him. While I Was Saying Grace Andrew Started Eating The Spaghetti With His Hands. Later That Night Andrew Was Unresponsive When I Sang Are Nightly Song,He Turned Away From Me When I Tried To Kiss Him,And Screamed When I Turned Out The Lights. After I Turned On A Nightlight,And Left The Room Andrew Went Into A Fetal Position,And Went To The Corner Of His Room. I Took Andrew To Both A Doctor,And A Psychatrist,And We Learned That Andrew Had Eyesight Problems. The Psychiatrist Told Me That Andrew Could Not Read Or Write But Was Very Bright. They Wanted To Send Andrew To A Special Residential School To Help Him Catch Up In His Academics I Refused To Part With My Son Once Again. So Andrew Went To Public School So He Could Socialize With The Other Children.

During Recess A Bully Named Carl Rudnick Made Fun Of Andrew. Cause He Only Stood On The Side During Recess,And Did Not Talk To The Other Children. During A Game Of Baseball When Another Child Hit The Ball In Andrews Direction He Just Stood There And Let The Ball Fall To The Ground ,And Let It Roll Away This Made Carl Furious,And He Yelled At Andrew Who Responded By Urinating On Him. The Principal Called Both Andrews Mother,And Mrs.Rudnick Who Called Andrew A Freak,And Said That Andrew Shouldn't Of Been In A Public School Even Yelling At Andrew After He Apologized. After Carl,And His Mother Left I Had A Discussion With The Principal He Wanted To Hold Andrew Back. I Refused,And Took Andrew Out Of The School. Andrew Also Acted Strange At Home To While Driving One Day Andrew Screamed At A Car That Resembled His Father's Car. On His Tenth Birthday Andrew Stuck His Face Into His Birthday Cake For No Reason At All Later That Night Andrew Spoke For The First Time Telling His Mother He Didn't No Why He Did It,And That He Thought I Was Trying To Trick Him. One Night Before Dinner Andrew Was Playing With A Glass Of Milk Which Accidently Fell Off The Table Almost Injuring EJ. On The Floor. Andrews Behavior Angered Eddie,And He Began To Fear For His Own Son  After Andrew Accidently Set The House On Fire Eddie Took EJ.,And They Went To Live With His Mother For A Few Months. I Began Teaching Andrew At Home Slowly But Surely Andrew Made Progress,And Things Started To Get Better For The Family Even With Eddie,And EJ. Moving Back Into The House. A Woman With Social Services Told Me That It Wasn't Good Enough,And If Andrew Wasn't On Grade Level By The Time Summer Ended I Was Gonna Be Made To Send Andrew To The Special School. In Order To Help Andrew I Took Him To My Brother's Farm Where He Could Learn In A New Atmosphere With No History. Andrew Showed How Intelligent He Was By Being Able To Milk A Cow,And How To Care For The Animal's But Was Unable To Subtract 2 From 7. I Cryed To My Brother Saying That I Loved Andrew,And That I Thanked God Every Day For His Safe Return But I Missed My Old Son Adding If I Had A Choice To My Son It Wouldn't Have Been Andrew. Having Overheard This Conversation It Made Andrew Run Out Of The House Upset I Ran After Him I Eventually Found Him In The Stables I Told Him That I Didn't Mean What I Said But
Andrew Didn't Believe Me His Father Told Him That I Didn't Love Him,And That I Didn't Want Him Anymore I Told Him That Wasn't True,And That I Looked For Him,And Missed Him Every Minute During The Five Year's He Was Gone I Told Him That I Loved He,And That He Would Always Be My Son. After Crying Andrew Fell Asleep In The Stables I Stayed,And Watched Over My Son. He Woke Up In Fear When I Tryed To Place A Blanket Over Him For Warmth I Told Him He Didn't Have To Be Afraid,And Then He Finally Opened Up,And Told Me About His Experience's With His Father. They Never Stayed Long At Any Place,They Mostly Stayed In Motel's, He Was Usually Locked In A Room All Day By Himself Watching Tv,The Last Place They Lived Was A Rundown Trailer, He Didn't Go To School,And He Didn't No Any Kids His Age,Both Adults Were Abusive, Pattie Would Hit Him,Ted Would Lock Him In A Dark Closet,At Night They Put Him Outside Tied To A Long Leash,Where He Would Sleep In The Tree's In The Dark,And With Sound's Of Wild Animal's Surrounding Him Their Was No One To Talk To Other Then Ted,And Pattie. Then Andrew Explained How He Would Think About Home,And Me,And Then Get Mad,And Angry That I Didn't Love Him, Or Want Him,And Then He Explained That Then He Knew That I Did Love Him,And Want Him. He Told Me That He Was Home,And We Cryed In Eachothers Arms Singing Are Bedtime Song Together. Gail,And Andrew Returned Home To Eddie,And EJ. To Begin Building A Healthy,And Normal Life Together.

Ted Carlson Has Since Been Tried For Kidnapping,And Abusing Andrew,Found Guilty,And Sent To Prison

Based On A True Story