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MELISSA

After my mother’s arrest, every time I scrolled through my phone or surfed through channels, I came across images of her.

My mother’s voice as she was arrested still echoed in my mind.

“I’m innocent!” I remembered her screaming. “Ask my children, I’m innocent.”

She was spitting lies. I wasn’t surprised. What surprised me was why she thought Nicho or I would come to her aid