I know she tried to tell us, and the adults who received her letter did not let me hear it.”

“Grandma and Grandpa?”

“Yes.”

Renata rubbed the blanket’s loose corner between her fingers.

“Are they bad people?”

“I will not ask you to decide that.

They did something wrong, and the court is dealing with the records.

You can love someone and still ask them to tell you the truth.”