Served a Beheaded Rooster at My Rite, I Disowned Everyone

Where I come from in Charleston, when you turn fifteen you hold a coming-of-age celebration. It's one of the biggest moments of your life. But on the day of my celebration, my brother set a beheaded rooster down in front of me. The whole room went dead silent, because the most important part of the day was for the one being honored to bite the rooster's head, a sign that she would rise above others in the years to come.