I Found My Five-Year-Old in the Garage Freezer—Then Her Mother’s Signed Statement Changed the Story I Had Been Told

She nodded.

“Did Lily ask about me?”

“She asked when she could see you.”

Taylor’s mouth tightened.

“She still calls me Mom.”

“Yes.”

I did not use the truth to comfort her more than it could.

I also did not withhold it because I was angry.