The Morning News published a little piece I wrote, about someone whose life was changed by a pivotal moment. I suspect a lot of people have moments like this, that shape their futures. Not many of them are so well defined, and they don’t often get documented. I find people’s descriptions of such moments fascinating.

Jenny turns me over and works on my shoulders and neck. She throws my arms around like they’re strings of spaghetti. Her hands fold the skin of my neck, and my head rolls from one side to the other like a dropped puppet’s. I am completely manipulated. “I went back to him and I said to him: ‘Don’t ever talk to me like that, ever again.’”

— Murder and the Masseuse at The Morning News.