It was the first time in longer than I could remember that someone had let me decide when to be touched.

Chapter 7 — What Was Taken

People imagine that the worst part of being lied to like that is the anger.

It isn’t.

The anger comes, and it is enormous, but the anger is almost a relief, because at least anger points outward.

The worst part is the grief, and the grief points inward, at the years.