I Came Home Early For My Daughter’s Birthday

she be scared of Uncle Daniel?

He stepped aside to let her in, and for a split second, another figure moved in the shadows behind him. Taller. Broader. Confident.

The door closed. The recording ended.

I felt like I couldn’t get enough air in my lungs. It wasn’t a robbery gone wrong. It was an invitation. A betrayal so deep it had no bottom.

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