"As far as retaliation. There was nothing outwardly at first. Both our mothers defended us to Riddle and spoke out against our fathers’ physical abuse to both them and their children. While I think Riddle knew, he just didn’t particularly care. There is a code he had to follow. The men weren’t supposed to treat their families like that. And if he came after us, it could have caused dissent in his ranks, so for the most part, at least for a couple of years he let us be."  