You tell yourself why it is that you’re staying, said Ma. When you figure it out, you keep it to yourself. Ma looks straight at me. It’s the most honest face I’ve ever seen anyone make. A little like she already feels sorry for me. Like she already knows something I don’t. But it’s a reason you’ll have to live with, she says. Even if it’s nothing. And that is something you’ll have to live with, too.
