quiet ever since she’d gotten home from school that afternoon, pj knew HER FAMILY WAS WORRIED, but hadn’t yet been ready to share what was on her mind. instead she’d hung out in her cousins room, pretending to read. finally through processing, her voice broke the silence. ❝ a girl in my class, her mom was ARRESTED last night. they just came into their home and dragged her out. ❞ pj wasn’t even sure the woman was ACTUALLY A WITCH. the one time she’d been over there to work on a history assignment, there hadn’t been anything to suggest the woman practiced. ❝ and everyone was just... i don’t know, pretending everything was NORMAL. like she deserved what happened. ❞ tears spilled down her cheeks. a daughter losing HER MOTHER to the persecutions. it hit close to home. / @melindha








