They Treated Me Like I Didn’t Belong Until the Seal on the Car Door Changed Everything – The Archivist

told me you’re unstable. That you have episodes.”

I gave a small laugh, the kind that isn’t really amusement. “Did she also tell you she said she didn’t know me? To an officer. On my own walkway.”

The silence that followed was long enough to be its own answer.

I got dressed and drove out to the lake. Not to confront anyone, not to perform anything, but continue reading …