I (15F) am about to move from Iowa to Spain but before I do I want to ruin my abusive grandparents lives. On June 9th of 2019 I (10 at the time) had to hide in a closet from my grandparents (on my dad’s side) to call my mom for help. Both of them manipulated me into thinking it was my fault that my brother was slapped and it was my fault they couldn't go on vacation with me and my (8M at the time 13M now) little brother. My brother is autistic and was having a meltdown because the wedding we were at was too loud, which caused us to leave. And if you’re wondering the vacation was to Mt. Rushmore and was a Christmas present.

It makes me mad that they not only told me that what happened that day was fine but they also lied about it to their friends and family for 5 years. They need to know about what happened that day.

I called them last summer and told them about how that day made me feel. They said that non of it happened and accused my mom (who they never liked) of telling me lies, even though I was the one who lived it. I told them that if they didn’t publicly tell our whole family what they did that day they were no longer my grandparents. And they claimed that they had already told the family, so I said that they wouldn’t mind telling them again while I was there. However, they started to get angry at me for accusing them of lying. After that, I ended the call and I have not spoken to them since.

My mom and dad got a divorce in 2021 after some not so fun trauma. I won’t get into that now, but if you want me to, I can totally write about it. Either way my dad moved out of the house and moved into his parents house, and I refused to go there because of that. He completely agrees with me that what they did was wrong, and was even the one who helped instigate the phone call. He said that they would never apologize and would never admit that they were wrong. I’ve been wanting to expose them to the family ever since it happened, but I’ve been too scared of the repercussions and what they would try and do.

I’m leaving for Spain in July or August and before I leave, I want the family to know how much they hurt me and my little brother. I don’t know if this is a good idea and I want other people‘s insight on it. I want revenge for what they did to me and my brother. They scarred my brother and me for life. I still remember my grandma sitting on a chair above me in the dining room watching me pack my suitcase on the floor and yelling at me. I am never able to look at their faces and not see monsters. They are never going to feel bad about what they did and they are never going to admit that they did it. I feel like I deserve to tell people my truth and my story, would I be wrong to do that?

Also sorry if this is formatted weird, I’m writing this on my phone.