After I Refused To Pay Tuition, A Family Dispute Turned Violent—and Went On Record

it sideways. My ears rang. Every pulse of my heart seemed to shove more pain through the left side of my head.

Warmth flooded down my face. Too warm. Too fast.

Blood, my mind supplied. External scalp wounds can bleed heavily. Possible skull fracture. Possible intracranial hemorrhage. Concussion.

Some detached clinical part of my brain started making its continue reading …