My Sister Locked My Six-Year-Old Daughter Outside Our Hotel Room—Then a Housekeeper’s Records Exposed What My Family Had Planned

He never rushed her.

The memories hurt less sharply now.

I missed him every day.

But I was beginning to remember him without feeling that every happy moment made his absence worse.

Lily looked at me.

“Mom?”

“Yes?”

“Do you think Daddy would like our castle?”