The Leaving

(follows on fromThe Letter,The StepandThe Fist)

It’s late and I’m tired so I won’t embellish this. Like my dad had told me to, I asked my mum if he hit her and she said ‘yes.’ Either she misremembers or my dad does, but more likely that they both have different words for the same thing.

Whatever the reason for the slight difference of opinion, that was the night she left the house, to pick up my littlest sister from the birthday party she was at. Neither of them ever came back.

My bigger sist...