“Do not let her leave.”

seventh-grade friends, complete with brutal psychological assessments. Emily Franks: Unstable home, likely to be needy. Isolate. | Grace Weaver: Developing too quickly, may compete for attention. Steer away.

I sat on my mother’s pristine duvet, nausea rolling over me in waves. Every boy Rowan had ever kissed, every minor infraction, every private journal continue reading …