His Blame, Her Liberation

g heavy at the post-game party, a ghos

ying to disappear as the musi

Kevin, suddenly plowed through the

e screamed, his words a horrifying echo o

the black van, reminding me of

ghtmare: a soul-crushing marriage to a man who resented me, a daughter who

st told him to

t with a shattered leg and a lost scholarship,

fury was absolute – blaming me for ever

sured his family's utter ruin, lea

efusing to be dragged back into a miserable existence

ven after he remembered our shared, h

thers' expectations, f

save his innocent parents from Jess' s destructive spiral, I knew my past wouldn't fully release me until I severed the