- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #21
I just spent the last half hour with R. on the phone. She has severe back injuries, and lost so much blood that they gave her transfusions. The hospital has her in intensive care, so that she is under "guard" all the time. The Consulate is involved, and has talked to her parents, so they are being pressured to allow her to divorce (okay, so I have to stop bitching about bureaucrats and hospital administrators, and even though the Belgian police have a bad reputation because of Dutroux, they've all come through for her.). I still think she's going to have to disappear. Taking her in here won't be an option, because her parents now know I'm involved. It's really sad that the poor kid has to turn to teachers because her own family won't help her, in fact put her in this situation in the first place. I have Moslem (Turkish) relatives, and in fact had a male cousin hiding out here for about six weeks to avoid being pushed into an arranged marriage (he hitchhiked most of the way from Ankara, and managed to land on my doorstep, even though he speaks no German whatsoever), so I guess that's why she called me. I still don't know how she happened to take my home and cell phone numbers with her - out of fear?
My colleague who put her in touch with "Rosa e.V." has friends in the organization, and can certainly arrange for counselling at the very least. I've always pegged the woman as a real manhater because of the way she treats male colleagues, but I suppose she has her reasons, and will be more than willing to help R. It's run by Moslem immigrant and German women.
R. said that she has never felt so alone in her life, so I told her that people here were offering suggestions, telephone numbers and sympathy, and she was so touched that she started crying. She asked me to tell you all that she is very grateful.
My colleague who put her in touch with "Rosa e.V." has friends in the organization, and can certainly arrange for counselling at the very least. I've always pegged the woman as a real manhater because of the way she treats male colleagues, but I suppose she has her reasons, and will be more than willing to help R. It's run by Moslem immigrant and German women.
R. said that she has never felt so alone in her life, so I told her that people here were offering suggestions, telephone numbers and sympathy, and she was so touched that she started crying. She asked me to tell you all that she is very grateful.