Chapter 82

Demetri’s POV

“I’m not certain how old I was when it started. I just remember that I would suddenly have a queasy feeling in my stomach for a day before I started cramping and throwing up. When I was young, my parents always thought it was a stomach virus because it would only last a few days before it disappeared. I was in school when it started happening more frequently, lasting longer and becoming more painful. They didn’t understand what was going on, and the doctor couldn’t find any evidence of illness, so they started punishing me for it instead of supporting me through the painful cramps. They thought that I was trying to get out of school, even though I liked school and wanted to go.

I got a bit more sympathy from the school nurse, but event