PART 3   I stared at the hospital bracelet in the lunchbox until the letters of my own name blurred.

angry tonight. You should be. Not because your mother feeds me. Because children should not have to carry adult mysteries through an alley.

I am sorry for being one of those mysteries.

I hope one day you know your mother is not weak. She is the strongest person I have ever known.

Walter

I covered my mouth.

All those years, I thought he didn’t notice my continue reading …