A Child in the Oak Tree Recorded What My Husband and Mother-in-Law Tried to Hide
Alice stared at her shoes.
“Was it because Dad was angry?” Alice asked.
I took a breath.
I wanted to make the world simple for them, but a lie would leave them alone with what they had heard.
“Your dad hurt me,” I said.
“It was wrong.
The doctors couldn’t save the baby.
Nothing either of you did caused it.”
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