Aurora 2021 Mag

Briana Cramer

to know about Momma’s anger. She always told me that if Dad ever found out, he would beat me ‘cause he would know it was my fault she was always angry. I heard her heels clacking down the stairs, towards the living room, where I was watching cartoons. What happened next was a blur. All I can remember from that night was the terrible sound of her heels angrily smacking down on every wooden stair, and the fear that nearly choked me. I don’t own a single pair of high heels in my shoe collection.

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