“GOD, I USED TO BE A MESS,” Salomé said. “I mean, I still am, in many ways, but … I was probably about your age when I had Hachim; he’s almost nine now. Hachim’s other parent and I had been together for a while, and we were pretty open, but, fuck, I definitely managed to violate the few boundaries we had. I was, um, consistently fucking people on her ‘no’ list. I was using a lot, too, and lying about it. I mean … I loved her, it had everything to do with my shit and not her, but still, no one deserves to deal with that.” Salomé shifted her gaze from Taiye’s face, nervously chewing her bottom
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