I Prayed for a Miracle—Now I Lock My Door at Night

nowhere to run when you live in a house that has become a cage designed around one person’s moods.

I tried to slide past him, and he grabbed my wrist.

Not hard—at first.

Just enough to remind me he could.

“Where’s my phone?” he demanded.

“It’s charging,” I said. “It’s late. You can have it in the morning.”

His fingers tightened like a vise.

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