My husband pushed me down the stairs, and as I lay shattered at the bottom, my mother-in-law called my father and said, “Come get your worthless daughter and take her back.” Dad gave her only one warning: “If she has so much as a scratch, your family will answer for it.” They laughed at him because they had absolutely no idea who my father truly was.
“Say what you’re thinking,” I asked.
“I’m thinking that no child should be used to bargain for an adult’s silence.”
I forwarded it to Gabriel and went inside to make tea.
For once, I did not feel obliged to answer immediately.
PART 11
The security company responded to the records request with unexpected speed.
Its technician confirmed that a small camera had been installed in the upstairs corridor and that the device stored clips when it detected motion.
Access to recordings was controlled through an account registered to Celeste.
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