[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I don't understand why parents would do it either. It seems mostly to be religious/cultural but in the case of my friend I suspect money may have been involved for the men getting to the UK. I have no proof of that just hints from things that were said at the time. My friend and her sister were the sacrifice for the family to cash in.

She disappeared from our estate about a year later, just after the same thing happened to her 13 year old sister. I don't know why but maybe with the second girl social services got a sniff. I only saw her again the once when we were both about 22 by chance at a station in London. She had 6 children by 22 and had put on a lot of weight. The man had long since abandoned her much to her relief. She looked 40.

Well at least your friend is safe and sound and not in that horrible situation.

And how terrible of the family to favour money over their own child.