First off this really happened. I'm posting it because if you see signs of child abuse you need to speak up. I don't care if it's your friends or family, you need to speak up. The little girl mentioned her is now a healthy 20 year old so I felt it safe to post. I am still involved in her life but her parents aren't. Please report child abuse.

I found horrible things about my cousins and had to call the police. I was going camping and my cousin wondered if I could take her daughter with me so she could get to know me better and my cousin and her husband could have some alone time.

My grand niece was 8 at the time. We were having fun camping and I wanted to teach her how to fish. While we were fishing she asked me "Why don't you love me??"

I couldn't understand what she was talking about. I told her I did love her and doesn't she think I did. She told me I didn't hug and kiss her like mommy and daddy did. I gave her a hug and a kiss and she said, "No like mommy and daddy!"

I told her to show me and she tried to french kiss me. I made her stop and she said, "See you don't love me." "You don't even play with me right." She started rubbing between her legs.

I left all my camping and fishing gear there, drove her to the police. The police put me and her into a room with a female officer and a big mirror so I knew we were being watched and recorded. The officer was trying to make friends and gave her the standard teddy bear so she could so them where mommy and daddy touched her. She was afraid to talk but was filling out reports and they were taking down my statements. I got my grand-niece talking by suggesting "Can you tell the nice lady why I didn't love you like mommy and daddy does??". I would ask her where she wanted me to touch her and how he wanted me to kiss her. She stuck her tongue out and said like that, and instead of using the bear she pulled her pants down and was rubbing her panties and making humping movements. I got her to stop and got her dressed. The officer and I drove her to the hospital and we told her we were just going to make sure she didn't get any bugs out in the woods. The doctor examined her, found some suspicious bruises and verified that she had been sexually assaulted both anally and vaginally. I filled out more reports and statements and we had to wait for CPS to show up.

I told my grand niece she was going to get to spend the night with some friends of mine tonight and I would visit her in the morning. She didn't want to go but I promised that we could go back to the fishing hole if she stayed with my friends. CPS came and took her away. I went back to the fishing hole packed up and went home waiting for "the call."

The detective called me first to tell me that my cousin and her husband were picked up and that the police would contact me if they needed more information. My mother and Aunt called me screaming at me for getting the police involved in family matters. I refused to take their calls after that and even had to call the cops on my own family when they came over threatening me.

It took about a week until I was called back to the police station. The detectives found tons of evidence, photos of my grand-niece, videos, DNA evidence. Even with that evidence my family was in denial that my cousin and her husband could or would do anything wrong. They got 5 years each, my grand-niece was put into foster care until I passed the tests to prove that I was capable of providing for her, and getting the psychological help she needed to recover so I could foster her.

It was very hard and took a lot of help from CPS and the scars are still there but she has grown into a wonderful person.

Don't ever keep your mouth shut if you suspect a child is being abused.