Every Friday at 6 p.m. my daughter called me without fail, and the one week my phone stayed silent I drove to her house and heard a sound from upstairs that turned our quiet Tennessee life into something I still can’t fully talk about

Kevin had lied to her, that she didn’t know what they were really doing until it was too late. She kept saying, ‘I didn’t know. I swear I didn’t know.’”

Carter listened carefully, taking notes.

“Your sister made a terrible choice,” he said gently. “But she’s not beyond help. If she’s willing to tell the truth, she deserves that chance.”

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