After My Husband Left For Miami I Discovered He Had Locked Me And Our Son Inside Our Own House

to buy groceries. He had removed them.

He had left enough for us not to die immediately. Just enough for the suffering to be slow.

I found half a package of stale crackers in a cabinet. A slightly wrinkled apple in the bowl on the counter. I gave Leo a cracker and peeled the apple and gave him half, saving the other half, and I did not eat. I told myself continue reading …