Do not accept the fight on their terms, however much your fury demands it.

Step outside the whole framework they have built, and change the terms entirely, and let reality do what your rage never could.

My father wanted a screaming match he was guaranteed to win.

I gave him a quiet fact he could not survive.

It was not close.

Chapter 7 — Ruining the Photographs

My mother reached me first, her eyes darting anxiously toward the watching guests.

“Noelle, go to the restroom and clean yourself up right now!