Stephen, Stephen, Stephen . My name is Stephen .
He'd had been chanting it over and over to himself for the
last two days - since They'd taken him from his mom. He remembered every second of his last moments with her, every tear that ran down her face, every word, her warm touch. He was young, but he understood that it was for the best. He'd seen his dad plummet into complete madness, all anger and stink and danger. He couldn't take seeing it happen to his mom .
Still, the pain of their separation swallowed him. An ocean that had sucked him under, its coldness and depth never e
