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Part 4 of The Record They Buried – And the Woman Who Survived It

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Kerry survived the kind of childhood that should have made her safety a lifelong priority. She was beaten, sexually abused, neglected, and lied about while social workers wrote notes about her being “marginally looked after.” They knew. They always knew.

And now, at 60, Kerry says she’s watching history repeat itself, this time through the eyes of her grandson.

She claims he’s being emotionally harmed. She says there are signs, ones she recognises all too well. Disclosures not taken seriously. Bruises dismissed. Words twisted. Files building. Silence growing.

“They told me I wasn’t in immediate danger either. That’s what they said to me, over and over. And then they left me there. With her. With them.”

Kerry has reported concerns, taken photos, kept records. She’s done everything they ask of “concerned relatives.” And still, she says, no one listens.

“I was that child once. I know what it feels like to scream into silence. To hope someone will come. But no one ever does.”

She remembers pleading for help as a girl and being punished for speaking. Now she says she’s being punished again. Shut out of meetings. Ignored by professionals. Treated as a nuisance instead of a witness.

“I’m not imagining this. I know what abuse looks like. I know what fear looks like. I lived it. And I’m watching it play out all over again — only this time I’m powerless.”

Kerry doesn’t want revenge. She doesn’t want headlines. She wants protection, for a child who still has time.

“He’s not broken yet. Please don’t let him break like I did. He deserves better. Someone has to step in. Someone has to believe him.”

The cruelty, Kerry says, isn’t just in what’s happening, it’s in how familiar it all feels.

Same red flags. Same inaction. Same justifications. Same system.

“They said I was dramatic. They said I was lying. They said I was troubled. And now they’re saying it about him.”

The worst part? Kerry says the professionals now are even more protected than they were then. She says today’s system hides behind procedures, deflects accountability, and gaslights anyone who dares to challenge it.

“They call it safeguarding. But they’re not safeguarding the children. They’re safeguarding themselves.”

Kerry speaks not just as a grandmother but as the child the system once forgot.

She knows what’s at stake. She remembers the cost. And she refuses to be silent.

“If I have to shout for the rest of my life, I will. Because I won’t bury another generation.”

Her story hasn’t ended. It’s multiplying. And the cycle, unless broken, will swallow another child whole.

The question is: will anyone finally listen?

Or will Kerry’s grandson become another cold file in a cabinet of closed eyes — just like she was?

To be continued…

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Coming Next. Part 5 – The System Always Knew – And Still Did Nothing