CELINE I almost killed a guy who had almost rap**d me. Everyone in that house had seen what he was like. Everyone had heard the things he said to me. I had warned him, I had reported him, and nobody had believed me. So when the lamp cracked against the side of his head, I think I was more surprised than he was. (But to understand how I got there, you have to go back to that evening.) Doland was my step brother, Muize’s best friend, and for two years he had treated me like something he was owed. It started with comments; like sexy, nice legs.. Then a hand on my waist whenever he squeezed past me in the kitchen. Then a slap on my backside. Then he waited outside the bathroom door until I came out. Every time, I told him to stop. Every time, he laughed like I’d told a joke. I reported it. Of course I did. I told my mother first, and she sighed, said he was a boy with a crush, and asked me not to make things awkward in her new home. I told Muize, who said I should be flattere
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