Defending My Daughter
My voice flat, I said, "Rick, our daughter is being bullied."
After I hung up, Karen, the woman who spat on the ground earlier, came over holding some garbage.
"Oh, you still haven't left?"
She scrutinized me with a nasty look. "Don’t you feel ashamed? How dare you show yourself around here?"
I held my daughter tight. Her face was buried in my chest, and her little body was shaking badly.
My silence emboldened Karen. She raised her voice to ensure the whole community could hear.
"Everyone, come take a look! This is the woman who incited her daughter to harm herself for money! She lost her job and her daughter was expelled, yet she's still hanging around! No wonder her man left her. A woman l