My Mother Told Me To Give Up My Room Until I Left Quietly

Danielle called, her mother said. Her voice was already breaking. There had been another fight with Brent. She was crying so hard. I don’t know what I’d do without you here, Sophia. You’re the only one I can count on.

Sophia had stood in the kitchen doorway looking at her mother’s face and had felt the door in her chest swing closed again.

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