These are the things we\u2019ve never been permitted<\/p>\n
to talk about: the bruises from Daddy, the scars<\/p>\n
from the broken Sunday School slate. Whether<\/p>\n
we were bad (which we were \u2013 tic tac toe on the pews),<\/p>\n
whether our sisters were good (they slept in<\/p>\n
the same room with him, so anything that<\/p>\n
happened was mum, and made them proud,<\/p>\n
at first). Later, after they realized, not all<\/p>\n
fathers take such liberties, they were angry<\/p>\n
with us. They would have taken the beatings,<\/p>\n
any day, if we had taken the worst,<\/p>\n
from the inside out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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