It Was Never About Me

by Sheri White

My father snuck into my room at night when I was little. I finally told my mother; he soon left to live with his lover.

I once told my mother I couldn’t forgive him.

She agreed.

“He cheated on me. I was humiliated.”

I never brought up my pain again.

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Sheri White’s stories have been published in many anthologies, including an essay in the Notable Works for the HWA Mental Health Initiative, Flashes of Fantasy, published by Wicked Shadow Press, Tales from the Crust (edited by Max Booth III and David James Keaton), Halldark Holidays (edited by Gabino Iglesias), and The Horror Writers Association’s Don’t Turn Out the Lights (edited by Jonathan Maberry).