“Dad… My Back Hurts So Bad I Can’t Sleep. Mom Told Me Not to Tell You.” I Had Just Walked In From a Business Trip

“I wouldn’t.”

“You might without realizing it.”

I frowned.

“How?”

“If you say, ‘Because you told me, Mom got arrested,’ that places causation on Lily.”

I felt sick.

“I haven’t said that.”

“Good.”