She's in the Lion's Cage, I'm in the World

The crowd screamed. Some people were filming on their phones, others shouting, "This is insane!" My mother covered her eyes, too afraid to look. But I couldn't tear my eyes away from the woman in the cage. That face. The curve of that profile. The mole behind her ear. Exactly the same as my mother's. I turned to look at my mother in the passenger seat. She was muttering, "This is so cruel."