Ann, who was abused by her father as a child, uses a time machine to break the cycle.
“You may have free will,” Ann said, “but not me. I am a product of causal determinism.”

Variants

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  1. “Grandfather Paradox” by Katherine Mankiller, in Electric Velocipede, Spring 2009.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Katherine Mankiller