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

“You can also tell them when you don’t want to keep talking.”

“Even if Grandma gets mad?”

“Even then.”

She pushed two crackers together until their edges touched.

“Can we go home?”

“When we’re done here, yes.”

“Can we not talk about Grandma in the truck?”

“We can stop.”