“Unearthing the Secrets: What the Ashes Reveal About Our Past and Future”
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After the trailer in Nanoose, we moved to a basement suite in Sooke. We’d only been there six months when I handed in our notice. The mother from the family upstairs told me how glad she was that we were leaving. She told me how much her family hated listening to the fighting taking place beneath their feet. I was embarrassed, thinking of everything they would have heard. John yelling, calling me names, my tears, the sounds of breaking. I imagined how my shameful secret must have coloured their family life.
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