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The frightening true
story of a teenager search for love
This is a true first-hand account of a sad and lonely teenager living in New Canaan, Connecticut, who went through a traumatic experience when she was thirteen.
She made contact with a man in an on-line chat-room, and thought she was falling in love.
Katie believed she was in touch with Mark, a 23-year college student. She admits he seduced her by making her laugh and making her feel loved.
Unknown to her family she arranged a meeting with him.
To her horror Mark turned out to be Frank, a 41-year-old paedophile. Katie soon found she was out of her depth, but fortunately she had confided in a friend at the last moment, who told Katie's mother, and the police came banging on the hotel-room door.
As bad as that experience was, things were to get worse, and the way her family and school-friends reacted brought Katie to the edge of a breakdown.
She was told she had let everybody down, disgraced herself and behaved badly.
Even when told of Franks involvement with other children, she still blamed herself for what had happened and suffered overwhelming feelings of guilt.
The FBI became involved and Katie had a hard time distinguishing between Mark, whom she still felt she loved, and Frank, who was to be prosecuted.
For eventually he was the first person to be prosecuted in the US for sexual harassment of a minor arising from a web contact.
Source: Katie.com
ISBN: 0752841343
Publisher: Orion
Dating tips
Think positive
Never use negative expressions in a relationship, even when you are making a
positive statement.
Don't use negative words or expressions such as:
You
won't be sorry
in emailing me ... or
You
won't regret
your decision in contacting
Always use positive words or expressions such as:
You would be pleased to have ...
After you have know me for a while, you'll be congratulating yourself...
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