The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish

by Katya Apekina

He waited for her to grow up and then he married her.

Uh?

Thirty-two and 17 seems like a big age difference, but it’s only 15 years.

DOUBLE HUH????

None of these distractions could really hold my attention because I was so completely focused on him—I couldn’t concentrate on anything else.

This is a willllld thing to say about your DAD

It’s easy to say now that I wish I’d been kinder to my sister, but at the time I don’t think I was capable of it. Our father had just broken my heart, our mother had just killed herself, and I had just set myself on fire. I couldn’t afford to be generous.