Summary

Carole, wearing perfectly tailored clothes and expensive jewelry, is on her way to work in the City. Despite her success, she is used to clients and new colleagues "looking past her to the person they are clearly expecting to meet" (Loc 1606). She is determined to be positive about her upcoming meeting, but she can't forget all the little hurts and microaggressions she experiences both at work and in life. These remind her of a traumatic event from her past. When Carole was thirteen, she went to a party at her friend LaTisha's house. That night, she got drunk for the first time and was whisked away by an older boy and his friends who'd come to the party. They took her to a nearby park where they raped her one after another. Carole never told a soul. A year after the trauma, Carole decided...