wall to climb over, every fence to
slip through. I was ducking through
traffic, cutting through yards. I have
no idea when he gave up because I
never looked back. I ran and ran
and ran, as far as my legs would
carry me. I was in Bramley, three
neighborhoods away, before I
stopped. I found a hiding place in
some bushes and crawled inside
and huddled there for what felt like
hours.
You don’t have to teach me a
lesson twice. From that day until
the day I left home, I lived like a
mouse in that house. If Abel was in
a room, I was out of the room. If he