read an excerpt: The Way I Used to Be

PART ONE FRESHMAN YEAR I DON’T KNOW A LOT OF THINGS. I don’t know why I didn’t hear the door click shut. Why I didn’t lock the damn door to begin with. Or why it didn’t register that something was wrong—so mercilessly wrong—when I felt the mattress shift under his weight. Why I didn’t scream … Continue reading read an excerpt: The Way I Used to Be