28 Days Later

Give or take a day....

My son is adjusting. It is not easy but he has "spilled the beans" so to speak. He told me a lot of disturbing things. Susan would tell him to "shut the f*** up" several times a day. She also called him an asshole. I am furious about this. No one should talk to a child that way and she talks to her own children that way. So does my ex and he was constantly yelling at my son as well. My son had no heat in his bedroom. We live in Northern Ontario! It has been in the minus 20 area for a couple of months now. Geez. Oh and whenever my son would tell Susan, "I am going to my room", she would remind him that it was HER son's room not his room. She would also remind him, "This is my house not your dad's. He just pays the bills so I let him stay here with you". What a lovely lady she is. (Sarcasm, obviously).

I bought my son a new snowsuit at Sears because he was wearing a coat that was two sizes too big and was stained and had tears in it. His snow pants were too small and did not match even remotely. His DC shoes I had bought him were thrown out for some friggin' reason so we went out and got him new shoes. And his socks? Susan gave them all to her kids, except for one pair. Soooo, socks were needed as well. His backpack was falling apart - new one. Now, I am not bitter about this at all... I am more than happy to provide for my child, however, Curtis received $400 a month from the government for my son. He also didn't pay for his lawyer; HE was eligible for Legal Aid. Funny. I am in university and I did not qualify, yet he works and he did?

I submitted my update to the courts in preparation for court on Tuesday morning and his response was emailed to me this morning by my lawyer. He did not respond to the allegations my son made in regards to abuse, etc. He simply stated that he returned the minor child to his mother on January 7th, 2011 and that he would like to have "generous access" to my son. Are you freakin' KIDDING ME?! LOL! When my son's lawyer asked me last Friday, "What will you do if Curtis calls and wants to see your son?" I said that I would not let him take my son from my home ever again. I said, "I do not trust him, he has done this three times now. I am ashamed that I let this happen to my child ONCE, nevermind three times!" He said that it needs to stop because my son needs stability. Well, he will get stability now. I am so embarrassed. I am an educated, mature woman who has raised four children. How and why did I let this happen?

I am so lucky that my son does not hate me. I have not protected him and neither have the courts. Now that I know that my son was being held there with bribes, lies and threats, it will never happen again. Because that is what he told me, that is what his uncle told me and what his uncle's wife told me. Yet the cops, lawyers and judges let this happen to us over and over and over again. I am not going to let this go. I may not have very much time right now to take care of this, but I will this spring. I am going to make sure that people are aware of my story and that Curtis and Susan do not get away with this.