CAMILLE.

I wish she would just see things as they are.

She wouldn't tell me about the bruises around her eyes, which her heavy makeup does not hide at all, but I know he has been hitting her.

This isn't the first time, but only once had she come clean to tell me about it, adding that it was a mistake and it was all her fault.

I sit silently with her while I wait for the nurses to attend to James and excuse us, and I weigh my thoughts and ponder the best way to approach this without making ...