All The Days Of My Life (so Far) by Sweeney Alison

Author:Sweeney, Alison [Sweeney, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2005-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

My brothers are so important to me. Through all our childhood pranks and endless teasing, we’ve always been there for each other. Every year my dad gathers us up, and we take family photos for Christmas cards and stuff. Here are two of those photos.

Chapter 9

As I’ve written, Days of Our Lives often deals with topical issues in very realistic ways. That was certainly the case when the story line concentrated on the subject of rape, which is one of the worst of all possible nightmares for girls and women. Just the thought of it is terrifying. But early in my career on Days of Our Lives, when I was barely 16 years old, I had to live through a rape through my character, Sami. It is as close as I ever want to come to the real thing.

In the scene, I was assaulted by the character Alan (played by Paul Kersey, a really nice guy in real life!). He had originally targeted Carrie, but Austin (who was then Carrie’s boyfriend) intervened before Alan could do any damage. So he turned his attention to Sami, whom he had actually dated as a way to get closer to Carrie. (I know I told you part of this story in the previous chapter, so bear with me as I give you more details.)

The plot thickens. Sami was cooking dinner for Alan at his apartment. But the evening unraveled for Sami very quickly. Before long, Alan had duped her into posing for some suggestive photographs. Then before she knew what was happening, he suddenly and unexpectedly became physical with her. She clearly said “no,” but he held her down on his sofa and raped her. The story line was that Alan was so outraged over being rejected by Carrie that he turned his fury on Sami, and he showed no mercy. Yes, it was only acting, but for me it was a very scary experience.

As you can imagine, the rape scene was very physical and very violent, and I really had no frame of reference on what to expect. As the cameras rolled, Paul held me down on the sofa, gripping my wrists with one of his hands and holding my arms over my head. The director had instructed me to fight back while Paul was sitting on my stomach, kissing me, and ripping my blouse with his free hand. Believe me, I fought that guy with everything I had. I could feel Sami’s terror with every fiber of my being. I resisted. I kicked. I bucked. I screamed. I tried to get free of his grip in any way I could, using literally every ounce of strength that I had. But I couldn’t get him off. I couldn’t budge him at all.

The sad truth is that if Paul had wanted to, he could have held me there all day, and there was nothing I could have done. I was completely at his mercy. Yes, all along I knew that we were acting,

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