I left the comfort of my family for you. They couldn’t stand that I was marrying a black man so they practically kicked me to the kerb.

“And could you bring me some Jack? I drank the last of the only one we had.” This caused me to hesitate, but she was smiling and I didn’t want it to stop. I wanted her to be happy and not hate me like the rest of her family did.

THE ABSENCE OF LIQUOR BY DEJA-N WILLIAMS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 34

It broke my heart. Watching her lie in bed like that, wa…