d and ran over, grabbing my
had no chance of m
nced a
rget those bloodsho
tomach, and my back s
I hadn't gotten pregnant a
to imagine how much my mom had endured in silenc
my bed, my mom rubbing
his workbook, I might never have known the ha
d it apart. "Mom
got your exams soon, and your brother's still young. Son
om her eye and limp
ve, I buried myself
To outsiders, my mom didn't look like a victim of ab
suffered filled me with guilt, b
y dream of studying medici
brother out to finish our homewor
help my mom te
niversity, my dream school, and found K
in prison and helped m
r away from that city to live in Grandma's tow