Eventually, he was arrested after a fight.
Nora escaped.
She found Elaine’s shelter and slowly began rebuilding her life.
“But why didn’t she call us?” Michael asked.
Elaine looked at us.
“She was ashamed.”
Seeing Nora Again
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Elaine asked us to wait.
At seven that evening, she called.
“She wants to see you.”
Twenty minutes later, the door opened.
Nora walked in.
For a moment, none of us moved.
Then she whispered:
“I’m sorry.”
I crossed the room and hugged her.
She collapsed against me.
“Mom.”
I hadn’t heard that word in eight years.
“I’m sorry,” she sobbed.
“You were sixteen,” I said.
“I should’ve come home.”
“You survived.”
Michael held her next.
Nora looked at him.
“You believe me?”
“All of it.”
“You don’t think I was stupid?”
Michael shook his head.
“I think you were sixteen.”
That was when she finally broke down.
