THE LAST TIME SHE CRIED, she was twelve years old. When her mom gave away her hamster, Hades. Since then, it's been five years. One thousand and eight hundred twenty-five days without shedding one single tear. It seems like all this time all those unshed tears have been building up inside her, and now her body is letting them all out.
When the video ends, she presses play again. It's been like that for the last thirty minutes. The video lasts three minutes, which means she's been replaying it ten times already. Each time, she feels her heart shrink inside her chest, her dignity being beaten up harder. Each time, it hurts a little less, as she becomes numb.
The first time she saw it, she was disgusted, she wanted to throw up the contents inside her sick stomach. Then, she was angry. The i
