Published in You Are Not Alone: An Anthology of Hope and Isolation from STORGY Magazine in June 2020.

“Somehow, my mum had managed to get most of her body through the door and push it open. She was struggling against Damien, trying to get back inside the house, but it was a difficult task; he was at least a foot taller than her and much stronger and younger.

She was fighting. Why couldn’t I do that?”

For a woman who’s been held as a prisoner for her entire adult life, escape can seem impossible.

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