I was chopping vegetables when my four-year-old daughter

near the reception desk, cane across her lap, one hand pressed dramatically to her chest. Andrew stands beside her, still in his work shirt, his tie loosened, panic and anger fighting on his face.

Diane’s eyes go to Emma.

Then to my purse.

For one second, her expression changes.

Not grief.

Not concern.

Fear.

Then it disappears under a wounded smile.

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