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That’s when my mom decided to send me away again.
We wept for days. She didn’t do it right away because

she wanted me to finish school first. I had so-called

family members who lived closer to Mandeville, so my
mom was making all these plans so I could stay with

them. That way, I could go to school from there. Good
idea? No — bad idea. They were super jealous of me

and didn’t send me anywhere.

Not every man I called “Uncle” was really an uncle.

I ended up having a baby boy that died.

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