Chapter 1 - “No one’s coming to save you”—had cut so deeply. It was not a spontaneous cruelty.

It was the phrase Lily had already heard more than once.
When I realized that, I sat in my car afterward and cried harder than I had cried at any other point in the entire nightmare.
Because bruises heal.
Fear taught inside a child’s own home takes longer.
But at least now I understood the shape of the fear.
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And once you understand something, you can begin helping your child survive it.
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