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His Heart Scribe Inspirations

2007, Kat Garcia was drugged an
to what she thought was a netw
when she showed up, which she didn't th
one guy over wine, she began to get susp
had arrived.

"I was feeling drunk after half a glass of wine, w
my alcohol pretty well, so I started to get a ba
ized exactly what was happening. I kept screa
mumbles, and I couldn't get my body to fight h
until after."

Garcia, who was 26 when she was assaul
room and locked herself inside until she
the attack, which she says is something she
to say something back then because I can't, an
women he's done this to."

Garcia, now 33, is one of more than 237,00
sexually assaulted every year, according t
tional Crime Victimization Survey. If a frie
fides in you that he or she was attacked,
spond – which Garcia found out the hard
said horrible things like, ‘It could have been
ter than to put yourself in that situation,’" Ga
no longer my friend.”

Knowing how to properly respond can ma
or loved one recovers after the attack, so if
low these tips.

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