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My six-year-old nephew dragged his broken leg across seven blocks of pavement to reach my porch, with his starving three-year-old sister clinging to his shirt. I was fixing a loose hinge when I heard scraping on the steps and turned to see Drew crawling toward me, pale, shaking, and whispering, “She locked us downstairs again.” I called 911 before I even understood the whole story. But when he told me about Reena’s punishment room, I knew my brother had died believing a terrible lie.

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against a house that was never yours.”

His expression shifted from shock to anger.

“I’m your husband.”

“And tonight,” I said, “you’re a man who needs somewhere else to sleep.”

Part 3

Aaron refused to leave quietly.

He walked into the living room, dropped his notebook on the coffee table, and said the entire situation had been manipulated by my parents.

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