“It means I know exactly how fluid your relationship with the truth gets when you’re cornered.”

“How dare you speak to your mother that way?”

He pinched the bridge of his nose, refusing to be pulled into a brawl. “Just say it for the record. Explain why you left my daughter alone in an underground garage.”

“I didn’t abandon her! I told her to wait while I got the others!”

“She’s six, Mom.”

“She’s perfectly capable of following instructions!”