Boyd smiled back and she almost giggled, which drew the attention of the facilitator, who asked her to go next. It was as if going out of turn was going to cause her to better behave herself, and she decided to play nice and make the stress lines smoothe away from the woman's forehead.
"I care for him lots, and he needs me, needs my help," she explained, adding. "But I ain't sure I got it in me to give it anymore. I'm tired, and I hurt all over, and I- I want him happy and right with himself. I just don't think I can handle that being my job. Someone else told me that I shouldn't be lettin' myself be hurt, but I didn't think about it until right then. It was my job, to be that for him, to let him take it out on me." She paused. "It's real complicated."
She didn't look at Hannah this time, because that had all been hard to say to anyone other than Daniel, so she sat back quietly and waited for the same question to get around to Hannah instead.