Derek and George: What Lies Beneath

When you dig deep, you’ll find that both victim and perpetrator were fighting silent battles

Herina Ayot
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readApr 21, 2021

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When I was 22, I spent a night in jail for credit card fraud. I was a mother to six-month-old twins, unwed, and an undergrad in college. My former partner and the father of my children had not paid child support in months, and I was struggling…

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Herina Ayot
Human Parts

Mother. Woman. Human. Herina writes about the difficult places. She holds an MFA from NYU and is a lifelong learner. Follow her at @herinaayot