You Don’t Get Us Back, Mom
They brought the dogs down with electric batons, then carried Dad to a waiting car and raced him to the hospital.
After he received rabies shots and had his wounds treated, Dad ignored the pain, grabbed our passports, and took me straight to the airport.
"Alicia, we're leaving. I can't stay here another second."
As the plane lifted off, I looked out the window with only one thought.
This time, Mom would never find us again.