HE THOUGHT HE ERASED HIS SON BY BURNING EVERY POSSESSION HE OWNED BUT SIX YEARS LATER THE TRUTH IN THE MAILBOX LEFT HIM SPEECHLESS

and that I would never use my success to emulate his cruelty. There was a long silence on the line a silence that wasn’t filled with apology or understanding but with the realization that he no longer had any leverage over my life. A month later the paperwork was finished and he was gone. I didn’t celebrate his departure with a bonfire or a party instead continue reading …