"Thanks, Ed. But hear me out first. I was always
what my father called a sissy, a fairy. That was so hurtful. He tried to beat it out of me so Mommy left him.
We moved here thinking I might not be so different living in a big city where nobody knows the truth about
me.
Being forced to live as a boy made me terribly sad.
After a scene with my father, I tried to ....I slit my
wrists."
She paused to show me the barely faded scars.