AFTER REBIRTH, I BECAME UNTOUCHABLE
Billy stood frozen, his small body trembling, fear written all over his face.
Gracie screamed until her tiny voice cracked, crying because she could feel that her big brother was in danger.
My apartment was in ruins with the furniture overturned, belongings scattered everywhere, the safe space I’d suffered to create was destroyed.
It felt like I had stepped straight into hell.
“Mary!”
Rebecca dropped the bags at her feet and ran to her daughter, collapsing beside her, crying as she carefully checked her arm with shaking hands.
Anna, still limping from surgery, forced herself forward and pulled Billy into her arms, covering him while rocking him gently as he cried against her chest.