You know this isn't you. Stop pretending. Let me out. Wendy's voice, always there in the darkest corners of my mind, whispering truths I couldn't bear to hear. For years, Id put headphones, earbuds, or just speakers in my office dungeon, cranked up, to drown her out.

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My House of Pain: How My Kindness Became the Cruelest Weapon

Wendy The Druid

When changing my child's diaper, I was asked...plainly......

"Where did you learn that?" Mary asked, watching from the doorway with a mixture of surprise and something else—something that looked dangerously like understanding.

"Just instinct, I guess," I mumbled, but the lie tasted bitter on my tongue.

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My House of Pain: The Love That Survived My Worst Betrayal

Wendy The Druid