They Threw Me Out on Graduation Night and Did Not Expect to See Me Again

” he said. “For believing them without questioning. For accepting their version of you.”

“You had no reason to question,” I said. “They are very good at sounding convincing.”

He turned back to Grace, and the distance he put between them was not large, but it was visible. It was the distance of a person who has learned something that cannot be unlearned.continue reading …