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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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me not to discuss the application with Aaron or Gerald without counsel present.

Then Aaron packed a suitcase.

He moved through the bedroom angrily, opening drawers and throwing clothes onto the bed. I stood in the doorway while Mom waited nearby.

“You’re really doing this,” he said.

“Yes.”

“Six weeks before our daughter is born.”

“You chose the timing.”

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