Women Who Stay, 32
Chapter 1 ... Chapter 31
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"I was in the car with Mommy, driving somewhere, and she was angry. She kept calling someone on her car phone and yelling. Finally, we parked. I was scared, crying. I wanted a... I don't know, a snack, maybe? But she left me in the car. It felt like she was gone forever. When she came back, we started driving again. Like nothing happened. Finally, when we were back in Somerset, she took me to the diner. Let me get a milkshake. And then she told me: