Not His Brother's Fool

off with a greasy-haired woman he called his "business par

led into our new life on the outsk

ck in, broke and bitter, expecting to find me forlorn

was a conniving gold-digger, trying to

er, lunged at me, pushing our mother asi

"cheating whore," then kicked me to my knees,

abbed a hot fire poker, and Tar

ere a sow charged, slamming into my s

ing my baby was coming, right there

to die, my baby too, a

eched to a halt, and he emerged, a mask of pur

s he carried me away, Tara dared to mock him, "

omised, "If she dies, I will k