“While Cleaning Like He Demanded, I Found Something Inside His Ficus That Made My Blood Run Cold”

real.”

Angel hugged me tightly. “You’re someone who saved herself and then saved everyone else you could reach.”

After everyone left, I sat alone with tea and looked at photos documenting the last decade. Pictures of women we’d helped, legislation we’d influenced, lives we’d changed.

On the last page was a photo Angel had taken that evening—me standing continue reading …