The Villainess Script

Summary

When I was ten and living on the streets, I found a kid. He was eight. I made him my little brother, my sidekick. I taught him which dumpsters behind which restaurants had the best throwaways.

We lived under an overpass. We got chased by stray dogs. When he got sick, burning up and not making sense, I shoplifted medicine for him. I got caught, and the store owner beat me black and blue.

As I lay there, half-dead, I suddenly woke up.

I realized I was the villainess of this world's story, and the little kid I’d saved was the hero.