My Sister Broke My 9-Year-Old Daughter’s Leg With a Steel Skewer—Then My Parents Offered to Pay the Hospital Bill If I Changed My Story

For once, restraint felt like power.

PART 10 — HOME

After several days, Lily came home in a cast.

Our apartment suddenly felt smaller.

Crutches.

Pillows.

Medication.

Schoolwork.

Bathroom logistics.

She barely ate.