Play the victim, but don't overdo it.
This advice comes into my mind as the whole room looks at me and I am asked to say my full name once again and to swear to tell the truth and only the truth.
I used to give this advice all the time to the witnesses that I had to prepare for the cases I worked on over the time. But standing here I realize that it's easier to tell than to do.
How do you not overdo the victim if you are one?
I want to scream my heart off and strangle that man to death, not carrying for a second of the consequences that might follow. But more than that I want my life back. I want my life from before back. From before I had any connection with him... or his son. And with that thought, my heart aches.
The questions come. I answer while fighting with all my being not to
