Friend

She’s still in the hospital. She had a spinal fusion ten days or so ago, and though she was discharged, briefly, to a safe house, she was hospitalized again after she developed an infection. She’s been fighting a high fever…

The lovely Daniele Vega, a big pimper of me over on G+, has been helping me get the story about my friend out, and one G+’er responded with some doubt – am I legitimate? Am I a scammer? Am I…

If you’ve been following along, this is the basic outline of her story: she lives far away, she’s young (early 20s), and has been imprisoned in an abusive marriage. The man to whom she is married has beaten her repeatedly,…

I just got an e-mail from my friend. She’s in some distress, feeling alone, abandoned, vulnerable, scared. Understandably. Her impulse? To return to the man who delivered her the beatings that have resulted in surgeries, infections, more surgeries. “I don’t…

[The subject of this post has not seen it, does not know what I’m writing in it, and has not approved it.] She’s smart. Articulate. Thoughtful. She’s funny as hell, and has a sharp, clever, filthy wit. She’s young –…