The Scars We Carry

etention center groaned open, a sound

Leo' s. He was my only good thing from tha

as my cell, because the world outsi

ul and relentless, had alrea

eir lies and pressure, all while I was locked

my own brother, Daniel, pointed an acc

black luxury cars screeche

ancé, stepped out, his handso

pay for Sophia, his mother,

burning coals, my hands and kne

wasn't

fresh graves, informing me they

nd Daniel, my own brother, syste

ld wen

eunited with Leo, who was terrified, apolo

e was the hardest of my life, leaving

clinging to the jar that symboliz

g by a pool, followed by: "He looked so happy. It's a shame he was so clumsy. Thi

ent boy

was a blinding, white-hot r

Sophia at the hospital, and with

and contempt, a horrifying cla

without a second thought, I threw my

p back in the courtroom, five years e

and, about to lie, a

hings would