I don't know when he left that day.

The mud on the ground almost seemed to merge with me. Naked, all I could see was darkness.

If only Irene had never been born.

If only I had never come into this world.

That's when Leroy appeared.

I didn't know him.

But he called my name with certainty. He took off his own clothes and covered me, gently wiping the mud from my face. He trembled as he carried me.

He took me to the police station.

Then he brought me home.

It was already past midnight when I got home. When I opened the door, my so-called father was rarely...