A man returns home after two years abroad — but upon witnessing how his wife treats their daughter, he takes a shocking action that changes everything

he spoke. She was listening.

“What are you drawing?” Aleksei asked her.

She turned the paper so he could see. The building with the tree. The figures in front — two of different sizes, he saw now, one tall and one small.

“That’s us,” she said, pointing to the two figures. “Outside.”

“Outside where?”

She thought for a moment. “Somewhere good,” she said, continue reading …