journal

Chapter 13 - Paying It Forward

Months later...

A frightened young dishwasher arrived with bruises hidden beneath long sleeves.

She insisted she had fallen.

I recognized the lie immediately.

Instead of looking away...

I asked the same question someone once asked me.

"Who hurt you?"

She started crying.

May you like

I stayed beside her.

Exactly as Ethan had stayed beside me.

Related Stories

Other posts