I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way.
She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.
How do you keep safe when your whole day is as wide and empty as the sky?
A town so suffocating and small, you tripped over people you hated every day. People who knew things about you. It's the kind of place that leaves a mark.
To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.
To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery.