“I became ferocious,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘This is not happening.’ But I had nowhere to hide. I bolted and I hid wherever I could think of on a boat.” 

“There was no jumping off and swimming away,” she continued. “There was nobody who was going to be empathetic to my situation. This was nothing new to them.” 

Among the most devastating outcomes was the trust broken between her and the person who led her down the stairs, whom she deeply cared about.

“It’s disappointing when somebody lets you down like that,” Hayden added, “I’d been let down so much before and then when you find somebody.”

“When you really find somebody that you trust, you hold on to them for dear life and you feel so lucky,” she continued. “So to be betrayed like that is just an awful feeling.”