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Chapter 86

           "

           "Divorceistoosad,"shesaid.

           Iagreed.

           IstayedthereinWayan’sshopforthenextfivehours,talkingwithmynewbestfriendabouthertroubles.ShecleaneduptheinfectioninmykneeasIlistenedtoherstory.Wayan’sBalinesehusband,shetoldme,wasamanwho"drinkallthetime,alwaysgamble,loseallourmoney,thenbeatmewhenIdon’tgivehimmoremoneyfortogambleandtodrink."Shesaid,"Hebeatmeintothehospitalmanytimes."Shepartedherhair,showedmescarsonherheadandsaid,"Thisisfromwhenhehitmewithmotorcyclehelmet.Always,hewashittingmewiththismotorcyclehelmetwhenheisdrinking,whenIdon’tmakemoney.Hehitmesomuch,Igounconscious,dizzy,can’tsee.IthinkitisluckyIamhealer,myfamilyarehealers,becauseIknowhowtohealmyselfafterhebeatsme.IthinkifIwasnothealer,Iwouldlosemyears,youknow,notbeabletohearthingsanymore.Ormaybelosemyeye,notbeabletosee."Shelefthim,shetoldme,afterhebeathersoseverely"thatIlosemybaby,mysecondchild,theoneinmybelly."Afterwhichincidenttheirfirstbornchild,abrightlittlegirlwiththenicknameofTutti,said,"Ithinkyoushouldgetadivorce,Mommy.EverytimeyougotothehospitalyouleavetoomuchworkaroundthehouseforTutti."

           Tuttiwasfouryearsoldwhenshesaidthis.

           ToexitamarriageinBalileavesapersonaloneandunprotectedinwaysthatarealmostimpossibleforaWesternertoimagine.

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