Even in the retelling, I could see she still wanted to fight. She had left her baby with a home childcare provider, the kind with a license and a sign. She had told her to be gentle.
The baby had a skin condition. She left 12 diapers. Wipes. Lotion. Ointment. She dropped the baby off in a clean white diaper. When she returned to pick her child up eight hours later, the same diaper was still on. It was brown, and the baby was red. The rash had turned to blisters across her diaper area.
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