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

I remember the cups in the sink.

The strawberry cups Diane rinses before I can touch them.

The way Emma’s breath sometimes smells sweet and chemical, and I think it is fruit syrup.

The first revelation has not been the worst.

It has only opened the door.

The nurse takes another sample. Emma cries this time, not loudly, but with a tired little whimper that continue reading …