Billy Deel's Rape

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When Jeannette is eight, the town miscreant Billy Deel takes a shine to her.Billy will not leave her alone, so Jeannette says she will be his friend, but not his girlfriend.Billy gives Jeannette a ring and eventually kisses her against her will.Billy even puts his tongue in Jeannette's mouth and says that means that he raped her.Jeannette looks up "rape" in the dictionary and doesn't understand what it means, so she keeps the whole incident to herself.After Jeannette gives Billy his stupid ring back, Billy shoots a hole through their window with a BB gun.Lori gets Dad's real gun and fires it at Billy. That alerts the cops, who wonder why the kids are home alone and firing guns.When Dad finds out the fuzz is snooping around, he decides the

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