humiliating us.”

“No,” I said. “You will.”

That night, Lily slept beside me with one hand wrapped in my sleeve. Every time a car passed, she woke.

Near midnight, she whispered, “Grandma said Daddy went away because he didn’t listen too.”

My blood turned cold.

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I stared at him.

He softened his voice.

“And I want you to understand something. From continue reading …