What the River Demands
A man who had never cared about books actually opened a dictionary and picked out a name ahead of time.
"Victor Hale," he said, unusually serious.
"So he'll grow up to bring honor to the family."
A year ago, when my mom was eight months pregnant, she slipped by the river and fell in. By the time someone found her, she was already unconscious.
They barely managed to save her life.
The baby did not survive.
After that, my dad became even more violent. He hit me more often than ever.
My mom… she was never the same again. Sometimes she seemed normal, sometimes completely out of her mind. The only thing that never changed was her obsession with finding a way to bring the dead back to life.
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