And that — that was the thing that broke my heart more than anything else in the whole terrible afternoon.

That she thought she had done something wrong.

That she looked at her father coming through the door and her instinct was to say she was sorry.

“No,” I said, and I dropped to my knees beside her and got my arms around both of them.

“No, no, no.

You do not apologize.

You listen to me, Lily.

You did everything right today.