“She died while protecting me from our mom. Mom was horribly violent when she was high or looking for her next fix. I think she would have been even worse than anything I ever witnessed, but my sister protected me as much as she could, so I never had to find out. One day, I heard her screaming for me to run, and I didn’t hesitate to hide. But unlike all the other times, she never came back to tell me it was safe to come home.”
