Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.

“Just start somewhere," Dr. Marshall had said to me as I ground a banana-pineapp…”

“It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even th…”

“Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up page…”

“But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that …”