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Mama, it’s okay. It’s okay.
I knelt down. I picked up the broken pieces with my hands. A glass shard cut my thumb.
I didn’t notice until later. I just kept picking. I thought I’m not going to Wellesley.
I thought, I’m not going home. Then I thought, I don’t have a home. I sat on the kitchen floor for a minute.
Caleb came over. He put his small hand on continue reading …
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