“I trust you,” I said. “I don’t trust everyone else.”
By then, we were both crying, but neither of us knew how to stop the argument.
I wished I could take them back.
I said something I thought was wise at the time. “Women in this family finish school first. We don’t throw our futures away over feelings.”
Her eyes flashed in a way I didn’t understand then. “You don’t know everything,” she said quietly.
“No,” I answered, “but I know e
