The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

At home I was raped by a guy i thought I loved' Trixie said, because thats what it was to her and always would be.

Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.

That's the crazy thing about lies. You start to fall for them, yourself.

What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet somehow, it wasn't enough. I had a hole in me, and everything I took for granted slipped through it like sand. I felt like I had swallowed yeast, like whatever evil was festering inside me had doubled in size.

Does fate ever play by the rules?

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.