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Matt Templeton: [on the phone] Yeah, Mom, hi. I just wanted you to know I got here safe and sound. Okay, I'll be home in a couple days. Okay, Mom. [hangs up]Vivian Conrad: That was so sweet.Matt Templeton: I don't like my Mom to worry.Vivian Conrad: Well, all mothers worry about their children.Matt Templeton: Yeah, well, this is different.Vivian Conrad: It is? How is this different.Matt Templeton: I did something a while back that really scared her a lot.Vivian Conrad: It sounds like it must've been pretty serious.Matt Templeton: It was serious.Vivian Conrad: Well, do you wanna tell me about it?Matt Templeton: I don't think I really wanna talk about it right now.Vivian Conrad: I hope you know that you can tell me anything and it's never gonna change the way I feel about you.Matt Templeton: I tried to kill myself.Vivian Conrad: Why?Matt Templeton: To get away from my Dad.Vivian Conrad: What did he do to you?Matt Templeton: It started when I was about 6. He used to slap me with his hand. That wasn't so bad. When that didn't work, he used to whip me with a belt. A *thick* *black* *leather* *belt*. Anything would set him off. If I didn't win a swim meet, if I didn't bring home straight A's on my report card.Vivian Conrad: Oh, Matt.Matt Templeton: He'd just grin at me and then he'd snap that belt. I can still hear it.Vivian Conrad: Did your mother ever try to stop it?Matt Templeton: She tried, but he'd just slap her down and keep coming at me.Vivian Conrad: When did it stop?Matt Templeton: It stopped... it never stopped. There were times he beat me so hard, I thought he was gonna kill me. That's when I decided to kill myself and save him the trouble. But my Mom walked in on me.

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