In the apartment, we sit drinking coffee; we don’t talk about what happened. Instead, I tell him about Sophie and want to help her. I can’t tell him why without explaining my mother’s injuries. I know if I tell him Ray is the reason she’s in the hospital, he will go back out and find him and drag him to the police station or worse, and I know it’s pointless. My mother will never point the finger at Ray. I already know that she won’t even break up with him despite his actions. ...