[Vlista] Unbreakable Faith Chapter 4

[GaryO]

Hi Everyone,

 

Sorry for the delay. The chapter has now been posted

 

GaryO

[Drewbie]

Sighs, Tony will probably get beaten like Ian inless Nathan can help them soon enough, I hope im right that they get rescued soon. In my opinion Ian is brave for taking more abuse for Tony, don't understand people like ian's parents.

 

Looking forward to chapter five.

 

Vance

[Marco]

You gotta love the brotherly instinct Ian has towards Tony. Finally saying, enough is enough. And thank God for Nathan. I truly hope their "father" gets what's coming to him.

 

Great story Vance

 

Marco

[Altimexis]

I truly hope their "father" gets what's coming to him.

 

Not to mention their "mother", who certainly seems complicit. I wonder if she is getting beaten, too . . .

 

I can only hope that as in Shane, things will get better soon.

 

Great Story, Vance!

[dkstories]

Part of me hopes there'll be some action on the Tony part, but don't you think that the good Reverend will just blame Ian for 'abusing' Tony? That way Ian can take the fall and the blame, and at the worst he'll just be able to keep on abusing Ian while Tony gets put somewhere else.

[glimsong]

Part of me hopes there'll be some action on the Tony part, but don't you think that the good Reverend will just blame Ian for 'abusing' Tony? That way Ian can take the fall and the blame, and at the worst he'll just be able to keep on abusing Ian while Tony gets put somewhere else.

 

He can blame him all he wants. The first time anyone examines Ian even cursory will throw that theory out of the window. When the police serve a search warrant on the Good Reverands house and find the cross with the dried blood on it they'll have more than enough to throw that bastard in prison.

 

Not to mention that both children will show signs of being raped.

Edited September 30, 2006 by glimsong

[C James]

The part about Ian defending Tony, and Tony's abuse prompting him to finally act, rings absolutely true. I remember, years ago, reading about a case of a kidnapped kid who had mostly grown in the possession of his kidnapper, suffering years of abuse, and was finally motivated by the arrival of a new victim, a young kid, to flee with him and get help. A movie was made of this, called "I know my first name is Steven" or something similar, and he was re-united with his family. Straggly, his older brother became a particularly nasty serial killer.

 

I sure hope that hotline call works this time!!!

[Ginge_4]

What a good chapter. I still cannot believe another human treats someone like this but knowing from experienceas as an ex-nurse there are some nasty bastards about

 

However, remember Ian has contacted the authorities once before and nothing was done. The first report is nearly always a fact finding mission for Social services whether the children or the family should be put on the "AT RISK" register. Ian is going to have a longer battle but once he start he shouldn't give up

Edited September 30, 2006 by Ginge_4

[KaraC]

The part about Ian defending Tony, and Tony's abuse prompting him to finally act, rings absolutely true. I remember, years ago, reading about a case of a kidnapped kid who had mostly grown in the possession of his kidnapper, suffering years of abuse, and was finally motivated by the arrival of a new victim, a young kid, to flee with him and get help. A movie was made of this, called "I know my first name is Steven" or something similar, and he was re-united with his family. Straggly, his older brother became a particularly nasty serial killer.

 

I sure hope that hotline call works this time!!!

 

Oh, yeah, I remember that movie. It was really good; I remember after watching it, I looked him up online and it said he had died from a drunken accident.

I couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't gone through that, he could still be alive. It's terrible what some people will do to others; not even thinking of the consequences or the life long damage it will do that person. It's so sad.

[Rabble_Rouser]

I'm rally looking forward to chapter 5 since we've been given a glimmer of hope in this chapter. I wasn't sure when I started the chapter what role tony would play but it seems that he's become Ian's catalyst to see his parent's behaviour in a more realistic light. I was especially heartwarmed to see Ian's epiphany that maybe the punish had more to do with the good Reverend's cruelty than his inability to be a "good boy".

 

Thanks Vance and I'm looking forward to next weekend already!

 

Steve

[dkstories]

Oh, yeah, I remember that movie. It was really good; I remember after watching it, I looked him up online and it said he had died from a drunken accident.

I couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't gone through that, he could still be alive. It's terrible what some people will do to others; not even thinking of the consequences or the life long damage it will do that person. It's so sad.

 

The Stayner family was from Merced, near my old home town. Steven Stayner's brother, Cary Stainer was arrested and convicted a few years ago of murdering four women in Yosemite National Park. Steven Stainer died at 24 in an accident as mentioned. Abuse affects more than the victim...and if not really dealt with can lead to more trauma later in life...

[Centaur]

Great Chapter Vance!

 

Now we have to worry about Tony too!

 

Well - we knew it had to get worse before it got better. As others have said, I'm glad Ian reached out to Nathan.

 

But something tells me that call to the hotline is not going to have the desired effect. You hear and read about how this happens all the time. They do a cursory inspection and determine that there are no "grounds" to take the children away.

 

And then the good old "reverend" is going to go volcanic - and Ian and Tony will suffer terribly.

 

I hope I'm wrong, of course, but that's my prediction.

 

Vance - great writing as always. You keep all of us on the edge of our seats! (or under our desks, as it were, when things happen to Ian).

 

Centaur

[ex52tech]

I am afraid that the Reverend is going to accidentally kill Tony, and he and the wife will blame Ian.

 

Good chapter Vance.

 

Ex.

[AFriendlyFace]

He can blame him all he wants. The first time anyone examines Ian even cursory will throw that theory out of the window. When the police serve a search warrant on the Good Reverands house and find the cross with the dried blood on it they'll have more than enough to throw that bastard in prison.

 

Not to mention that both children will show signs of being raped.

Excellent points, Glim! Also welcome to the forums

 

The part about Ian defending Tony, and Tony's abuse prompting him to finally act, rings absolutely true. I remember, years ago, reading about a case of a kidnapped kid who had mostly grown in the possession of his kidnapper, suffering years of abuse, and was finally motivated by the arrival of a new victim, a young kid, to flee with him and get help. A movie was made of this, called "I know my first name is Steven" or something similar, and he was re-united with his family. Straggly, his older brother became a particularly nasty serial killer.

Oh, yeah, I remember that movie. It was really good; I remember after watching it, I looked him up online and it said he had died from a drunken accident.

I couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't gone through that, he could still be alive. It's terrible what some people will do to others; not even thinking of the consequences or the life long damage it will do that person. It's so sad.

This sounds like quite a movie! I'd like to see it!

 

 

I'm rally looking forward to chapter 5 since we've been given a glimmer of hope in this chapter. I wasn't sure when I started the chapter what role tony would play but it seems that he's become Ian's catalyst to see his parent's behaviour in a more realistic light. I was especially heartwarmed to see Ian's epiphany that maybe the punish had more to do with the good Reverend's cruelty than his inability to be a "good boy".

Great point, Steve! You're right; this definitely seems like a turning point!

 

The Stayner family was from Merced, near my old home town. Steven Stayner's brother, Cary Stainer was arrested and convicted a few years ago of murdering four women in Yosemite National Park. Steven Stainer died at 24 in an accident as mentioned. Abuse affects more than the victim...and if not really dealt with can lead to more trauma later in life...

How sad

 

I'm sorry the poor guy was never able to get away from his past demons

 

 

Anyway here are my initial thoughts from reading the chapter:

 

The first half of this chapter was so scary. I felt like I was reading the script for a horror movie at first! I don

[Kurt]

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