The floor rose toward me. Dante caught me before my knees struck the tile. I fought him with every fragment of strength left in my body.The floor rose toward me. Dante caught me before my knees struck the tile. I fought him with every fragment of strength left in my body.

than lose you again.
I closed the bedroom door.
For the next two days, the apartment became a fortress governed by rules I wrote.
Two city officers remained outside.
Dante’s people stayed across the street.
Mrs. Alvarez refused to leave until her daughter arrived from the Bronx.
Lily followed me from room to room, crying whenever I disappeared behind a door.continue reading …