“Because you broke me!” “That’s not true,” Mam cried out, shaking her head. “Take it back.” It was true. It was the truest thing that had ever come out of my mouth, dammit. “You fucked my head up worse than he ever did. He used his fists, but you? You got in my head,” I admitted, on a roll now, as pain and poison spilled from my lips. “You broke my mind.” I slammed the heel of my hand against my temple, desperately trying to emphasize to this woman just how badly she had damaged me. “I don’t work right anymore, and it’s because your voice is stuck in my head! The sound of you crying and
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