Later, I’d overhear my brother further explaining my divorce to my parents, the way he did every time I fucked up at school. “She failed one math test, she isn’t going to become a vagrant,” he said in 1999. “She got suspended for three days. She’s not going to prison, Mom. That other girl just needs to learn to keep her hands to herself,” he said in 2005. “Think about how bad it had to be for her to leave. Think about what she won’t tell you,” he said in 2022.
