“What do you mean?” Ariel asked, rather insistently. I let out a quiet sigh, as I rubbed a thumb against my temple. I could feel her curious eyes on me, waiting impatiently for me to reveal the story behind the little gold coin I had tattooed down the side of my neck, just under my ear. It had been hiding there, underneath the layers of my shaggy hai...
I glared into the eyes of my deepest shame. The being that destroyed every part of my life that hadn’t yet turned cruel. It smiled softly back at me, for it was only a baby; my baby. I lived alone with the filthy thing, listening to its cries as I desperately fought to tune out the voices screaming all around me. For the baby wasn’t the only thing trapped in my head and in my home. I was never alo...