She Said She Came to Take Her Children Back

table.

Emergency room visits.

Soccer practices.

Parent-teacher conferences.

Late-night fevers.

Overdue utility bills.

And four children trying to understand why the one person who was supposed to come back never did.

They rarely asked directly anymore.

But every birthday…

Every Mother’s Day…

Every school event…

…the same question lingered behind their eyes.

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