162 wrote:
Look. Say you hypothetically had a sister that's one year younger than you, and she's one of the most important things in the world to you. Say your father used to beat you up, and repeatedly tried to kill you while in a drunken state. Say you didn't want to wait for your father to explain his way out of hurting your sister.
Would you do the same? Hypothetically?
No. This time it really is hypothetical.
I wouldn't. I have a brother who is one of the most important things in the world to me. Make him younger, replace him with a girl and keep the feelings of sibling love and I would not do it.
I would probably feel so bad, dream of so many horrible imaginings, that are unexplainable in words and be unable to sleep. I could not do it. In all likelihood, it will fail. What are the chances of succeeding? I would say tiny.
Say I somehow get to his place without being noticed. Say I found my sister without anyone noticing. Say she
agreed to come home even though she has never indicated this before to me. Say she didn't put up a fuss, didn't scream, didn't call for Dad that I'm there and trying to take her away. Say I somehow bring her out without anyone in the neighbourhood poking their noses out, which they always seem to. Say no one knows or tells him or reports to police for kidnapping. Say I can put her on a bus and take her somewhere. Say the police aren't already out and looking for us, searching everywhere. Say they never notice us if they do. Say I go home and the police aren't waiting there, because it's most obvious. Say I bring her home safe. Then what?
The police come. The police search. The police always find. Sister is taken back. I am charged with kidnapping, trespassing (well maybe not, I'm a daughter), and who knows what else. My mother is charged with more complicated things. Go to court again. Mother put in jail for a term? Maybe. Possible. I put in juvenile? Quite. Or mother obviously cannot look after me so I must be put into custody of my father. There goes any hope, ever, of getting sister away. Somehow in the end, the situation is worse.
Because what can I do? I am no hero. I'm a girl who's in pain because my sister is with my abusive father. If I don't go I'll regret it. If I do go, I'll regret it even more.
And say you aren't caught first step into the plan and charged with intentins of kidnapping or holding dangerous weapons or something.
Your sister will be the one to suffer.
Because as long as she is in his legal custody, no matter what you do, he is her legal guardian. The only way you can win is by the law. That's the truth.