“In that brief moment, I understood. The doubt, the hesitation, the mourning of a future I’d never have-it belonged to her as well. Gone was the spitting hellcat. Now, there was only a woman. And she was small. And she was frightened. And she was strong. And she was asking me to be the same.”

“In that brief moment, I understood. The doubt, the hesitation, the mourning of a future I’d never have-it belonged to her as well. Gone was the spitting hellcat. Now, there was only a woman. And she was small. And she was frightened. And she was strong. And she was asking me to be the same.”

— Shelby Mahurin