He Thought He Could Humiliate Me Until My Uniform Changed Everything

loose in him. Whether it had changed him in any lasting way was not something one night could answer. Those are different things, and I had learned to hold the distinction clearly.

“Start with my mother,” I said.

He looked past me to where she stood in the doorway.

She did not shrink back.

That was enough for the morning.

I put my suitcase in the car and continue reading …