Chapter 587 - Personal time (4)

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8 June, Bronwyn's on-base accommodation, City K

Hearing Paul end the call, John turned and saw the anger in Bronwyn's face.

"What did he mean John?  Come on, honesty."

"Honesty Bronwyn, sometimes I wonder if either of us know what that means?"

"Idiot, we know what honesty means.  We just choose not to be honest.  You know, once I realised how serious we were, I became open and honest with you about my family background.  Work, never was a problem…"

"Yet, you did not tell me everything about your university boyfriend.  You know who told me about that?"

"The old man.  That guy, I had to be nice to him, so dad only knows what I allowed him to see, because I was protecting him.  I hated him, but his father was the then defence minister and I was worried about dad's position if I did anything wrong."

"Dad however loved him because he said all the right things in front of him.  In private towards me, you can only describe his behaviour as misogynistic.  You know what he wanted me to do?  He believed that as his girlfriend, my obligations were not only to give him whatever he demanded s*xually, but do all his homework, and if there was ever a question about plagiarism, I was to sacrifice myself for him.  He even told me that as soon as we finished university, I had no option but the marry him, and then my role was simply to stay at home meet all his needs and bare his children."

"B*stard!" responded John.

"That is being polite.  I tolerated him, because of his threats to have his father dismiss dad from his position and thrown into jail.  Despite all our conflict I love my father and did not want to risk the career that he had built up because of a self-entitled brat.  It was only when he tried to s*xually assault me, that I reacted, defending myself with the skills that I had learnt, not only from Dad but the military training I had as part of my Officer Training."

Seeing the somewhat confused look on John's face Bronwyn, continued "Remember that military Lawyers, like medical staff and some specific engineers, that can immediately join the military as an officer, without having to have spent some time in the enlisted ranks because of the specific training and education required.  You apply for the positions.  Those accepted have the military pay for their university and training but require you while studying to undertake blocks of military training and your service requirement is the length of your study plus two years."

"He started to physically assault me, because I was resisting his demands for s*x, including groping me, and trying to strip me of my clothing for force me to have s*x with him.  Let me just say, as soon as I could I not only hit him but connected with the most painful place for a man to be hit and ran without even stopping to collect my purse or phone.  I headed straight to the university security office to report what happened and called my military liaison officer from their office."

"The b*stard arrived just as the military liaison officer and police did, demanding that I be charged with assaulting him, throwing around his father's position as the reason why and claiming that any injuries I had resulted because he had to defend himself from my attack.  Of course, you can guess who the police believed, who dares offend the defence minister, but my military liaison officer was at least sceptical of the conflicting stories and insisted that the military take over the investigation, which because of my position, he could."

"Dad, worried about that as he believed the defence minister would use his power to ensure that I was convicted for assaulting his son, but surprisingly he stood back to allow an impartial investigation.  That revealed that I was just the last in a line of women who had military positions waiting for them at the completion of university who he had targeted, assaulted and he had r*ped at least three of them.  He had used his father's position to threaten them into silence but when I stood my ground they came forward.  Cutting the story short, he is still in prison for his crimes."

"I remember a few years ago when the defence minister quit.  Was that connected to this?"

"It was.  Funnily, along with the other victims of his son, we urged him to remain in place.  He did everything he needed to deal with the situation and could not be blamed for his son's actions.  While he did not reveal everything, if you remember he told the media that he was resigning as his a.d.u.l.t son had committed crimes, and as a minister and a politician the public could not have confidence in his ability to fulfil his duties if he could not prevent his son from his behaviour."

John digesting everything that Bronwyn said, quietly asked "Why did you not say anything?  Why does your father…?"

Interrupting Bronwyn said "I have never told Dad.  He does not need to know that I was assaulted, almost r*ped simply because he was a military officer.  Do you think any parent could take that?  No.  He was always nice to dad, so that is why dad is nostalgic about him and believes he would have been the perfect son-in-law.  Yes, he knows of the charges and why he is in jail but still disbelieves that he did everything he is in jail for.  Nor does he know that I was one of his victims.  The records are sealed to protect the women for another sixty years."

Bronwyn turned to John, looked him directly in the eyes and said "You have to promise me you will not tell Dad.  Just let him be on this point."

Seeing a nod of John's head, Bronwyn said "Now, you need to be honest.  What is it with Madam Mo and you?"

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