My Wife Was Seven Months Pregnant When She Stopped Leaving Bed—Then I Lifted the Blue Blanket and Realized My Mother Already Knew What Was Underneath
She believed control was love for too long and eventually chose violence when control failed.
Maybe that will be too simple.
Maybe adult Hope will read records and decide for herself.
Her story includes Brenda.
It does not belong to Brenda.
Another distinction.
As for the person standing in the doorway that Tuesday?
For years, I remembered Brenda’s face.