I spoke to God but it was too late. He was sympathetic, but ultimately, there was nothing he could do. I don’t know what I expected, but there was nothing else left to do but to find him. There was barely anything left, you see. It all started with the secrets. We all had our…

I didn’t know what they were or how they came to be, but that night, Sister Edith cornered me at dinner, shooing away the other girls and sitting across from me at the table. “Why won’t you tell her, Sister?” She seemed panicked, nervous and like she hadn’t slept in days, and in that moment,…