He Told Three Different Lies So No One Would Check on My Son. Then His Own Children Found the Note on the Fridge

There is no lie in the world that answers that question, and Declan, to the one small credit I will give him, didn’t try one.

He bowed his head.

“Because I was unfair to you,” he said.

“I was wrong.”

“Oh,” Jonah said, and looked back down at the shells.

That small oh was worse than any scream.

On the way out, Declan caught me on the driveway.

“I can change, Marisa.