Pavane, this is a very compelling story. It is on Illumination. Stories are cataloged by date. Scroll down until you see the stories for April 2nd.

I noticed there weren’t many claps for your story. I believe it’s too well-written for that not to be the case. This could be because of the length. It could be because people don’t know what it’s about. It could be because it needs different tags.

Here are a few ideas…

Chop up your story and make it episodic. In other words, find a natural breaking point and stop that episode with a tease or cliffhanger for the next episode.

Revise the title or subtitle:
Sabina’s Fireflies
A story about domestic abuse and escape

Add some different tags. See the ones I tagged in my comment/

I love Illumination but maybe this story needs to be a publication devoted to domestic violence. See this search I did for domestic violence. Notice the people, publications, and tags specific to domestic violence
https://medium.com/search/users?q=domestic%20violence

And finally, I want to connect you with another writer, a friend of mine.
https://medium.com/@drjeanneking Dr. King writes about domestic abuse. She needs to see this story.

Great to connect with you here.