[She works her jaw. Huffs under her breath and pulls her sweater sleeves lower, nearly to the knuckles.]
Amma told me she liked to hurt once. I thought she meant cutting. And there was the way her she and her little friends behaved. Conversations I overheard. The brother of one of the girls suspected. I could have chatted him up more.
[Though it hadn't been productive when she did. Not in the way that solved the case.]
cw: mention of self harm
[She works her jaw. Huffs under her breath and pulls her sweater sleeves lower, nearly to the knuckles.]
Amma told me she liked to hurt once. I thought she meant cutting. And there was the way her she and her little friends behaved. Conversations I overheard. The brother of one of the girls suspected. I could have chatted him up more.
[Though it hadn't been productive when she did. Not in the way that solved the case.]