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How a T-SHIRT caught MY RAPIST

See you later,’ my boyfriend Tom* said, kissing me on the cheek.

‘Have a good one,’ I smiled.

It was 1987, and aged 16, I’d recently got a place with Tom in Kalgoorlie, WA.

Tom was working night shifts so it meant I’d be home alone.

After doing some ironing, I got into bed and drifted off to sleep. But waking in the middle of the night, I saw that Tom was already home and sleeping next to me.

I wondered.

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