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I think the only thing that had been holding them up in letting him in or not was, well, number one, it wasn't recruitment time yet.
And two, because he was a legacy.
I ended up telling my parents next.
That was another thing that was really hard and a component that held up my processing of it all, I think.
They had known about the photographer and I didn't want to say, hey, something happened again because it's embarrassing and it's exhausting.
I didn't want it to come across to them as like, I don't have it together.
I was concerned that I would be blamed for getting myself into another situation.
sticky situation but I did end up deciding to tell my mom because I thought she was going to figure out something was up because I was not my normal self how could I be she encouraged me to get an exam done she just wanted me to make sure that I was medically checked out
He did not use any sort of protection.
So she was concerned about STIs and pregnancy.
I was using a form of birth control at the time, but we all know nothing is 100% effective.
I was adjudicating a competition team audition for a local studio in the town that Western University is located in.
So we were on lunch break and she called me and said, I think you should get checked out.
And I said, okay, I'll go tomorrow.
So it wasn't until the 31st of May, so I believe that was a Wednesday, that I went in to the hospital by myself where they took my insurance and I said, I'd like to request a rape kit, please.
So they had to call a sexual assault nurse examiner or SANE nurse.
This was a more metropolitan hospital.
city that Western University was located in.
So it didn't take too long.
But they do outsource that at this hospital and I think all the hospitals in the area.