“Not that I’ve been raped. Not raped raped. Strane hurt me sometimes,
but never like that. Though I could claim he raped me and I’m sure I’d be
believed. I could participate in this movement of women upon women
upon women lining the walls with every bad thing that’s ever happened to
them, but I’m not going to lie to fit in. I’m not going to call myself a
victim. Women like Taylor find comfort in that label and that’s great for
them, but I’m the one he called when he was on the brink. He said it
himself—with me, it was different. He loved me, he loved me.”