Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child

Scared Silent

To frighten her into submission, Wiley would bark and growl at her like a wild dog. He grew out his fingernails so he could scratch her. If she did something he didn’t like, he would make noises outside the door, instilling Genie with a terrible fear of cats, dogs, and of course, him…

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