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the bed, making sure it’s clean before

laying her on the sheets that have seen

better days.

I look down at the only mother I

have ever known, and I wonder what it is

about me that could make two women hate

me as much as they do, one enough to

give me up and the other enough to treat

me the way Billy does.

“Don’t go.” she slurs when I put the

lights out. “Anon, don’t go.”