Today's OneWord: Assaults

The verbal assaults were only the beginning of the barrage of hate that she and I faced walking down the corridors where the military gray lockers waited unyielding with closed metal lips. The words were typical, more dangerous due to the laces of tone than the actual constructs of speech. I had certainly heard the derogatory terms before. But it was the way they were said that was more malicious and more frightening.

I never thought people could hate us this much.