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To the Girl in the Hallway, Who Will Never Be the Same

Jennifer McCain

    Things were probably happening in slow motion for her, because I recognized that look in her eyes. She wasn’t looking directly at me; her eyes had a strange but unrelenting focus on him. Her life depended on it. I knew that look:
    Fear, then a slow numbing that creeps up to cover it. She was preparing herself. Preparing herself for what would come next. The name calling. The manipulation. The bloodshot eyes that could only mean he was blacking out. The slap. The close fisted punch. Oh, I knew that look. I knew it well.
    So why didn’t I do anything? I walked past, stared. When she glanced my way I put my head down and pretended not to see. She was cornered with no way out. Helpless. Alone. Scared. And I left her. Left her to the wolves.

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