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

list, as if I were looking down at myself on a trauma gurney.

Oh my God, someone whispered.

It might have been Sarah. My cousin was hovering at the edge of my vision, pale and wide-eyed, one hand pressed over her mouth. She worked at a dental office downtown, had once fainted at the sight of a wisdom tooth extraction. Blood was not her strong suit.

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