Too Curvy for the Kingpin — The Armor of Sloane

friends they started talking about my mom again they said she killed herself because she'd rather die than live with us losing doesn't matter this time you fought back that matters next time win Slaney, did people bullies you when you were little too?

Of course. After my mother died, I was small and skinny and easy target. No one protected me back then, so I became the thing they were afraid to touch. Eventually, I figured out that if I looked big enough, strong enough, and mean enough, people would stay away.

People stopped trying to hurt me. So that's why you made yourself so big. Back then, this was my armor. It made sure no one could ever look at me

and see something helpless again. But Mom, you're not alone anymore. I'm going to get stronger. I'll protect Lily, and I'll protect you too.

The word hung in the air. I froze, blinking down at him. What did you just call me?