The Woman They Humiliated Owned Everything

she was gone into the system.”

She looked away.

“I searched. I failed. And I deserve every day of that grief.”

The video ended.

For a long time, neither Etta nor I moved.

Then she said, “Marin…”

I stood, walked to the kitchen, opened a cabinet, and stared at three boxes of cereal.

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