My Daughter Begged Me Not to Get Off the Bus—Minutes Later, My Boyfriend Sent a Photo of My Deed Beside a Contract I Had Never Signed

No question about our visit.

Just that.

“Lily wanted water, so we stayed on for another stop.”

It was not a good explanation, and I knew it as soon as I said it.

I was trying to keep him from learning that Lily had told me something.

There was a pause.

“Don’t lie to me, Claire.”

I looked through the window at houses we had already passed.