Chapter 18: Switch on the Light
The One Who Leaves—when love looks like violence, and truth feels like betrayal
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The school bus pulled up across the street from our house, and Brandon and I ran out the door, hair unbrushed and shoes untied. I was seven. He was six.
The door to the bus swung open, and the yelling of profanities from the rows of seats crowded with kids just about pushed me over. …