GROOMED FROM FOUR My stepdad stole MY INNOCENCE
Malika Elizabeth Reese, 50, Port Kembla, NSW
Kissing me goodbye, my mum, Andree, picked up her suitcase.
‘Be a good girl,’ she said. ‘Listen to Peter.’
Peter and Mum had recently started dating.
But my grandmother Olivia, who lived in Los Angeles, US, had suffered a heart attack. Mum had to drop everything and go, so I was staying with Peter.
Aged four, I loved to sing and dance.
A friendly and well-respected musician, Peter had promised to teach me to
