That night, standing in their Brooklyn apartment, the blue of Bobby's uniform looked like a stain to her, and the -and- blue marks she was hiding were a cage. She realized that staying for the sake of a "family" was just another way of teaching her son to tolerate the intolerable. She chose to run.
It wasn't easy. She became a woman with a new name, moving to a city far from home. She worked under the table and lived in fear every time a blue uniform passed her window. But for the first time in years, the and blue on her body began to fade, replaced by the quiet, tender green of a new life growing. She was no longer a victim; she was a survivor, taking the first, terrifying steps toward her own freedom. Key Themes in Stories of "Black and Blue":
For ten years, Fran had been an ER nurse, patching up the casualties of life, while secretly hiding her own. She made excuses: “I fell,” “The door slammed on my arm,” while she secretly tried to put together the pieces of a life that felt increasingly shattered.
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