Laurel Dunaway
Journal Entry
The little girl’s real father died in a boating accident, but not the way most people think. For years, he would come into the little girl’s room to seek comfort—and not the way daddies are supposed to. Maybe this was why the mommy did what she did all those years ago. Maybe she was trying to save the girl and herself too. Maybe some secrets are too big to hold onto. Maybe you have to bury them before they bury you.
Maybe the little girl had to learn this for herself.
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I visited Max’s daughter today at her new school. It wasn’t an easy endeavor, by any stretch of the imagination. But as they say, where there’s a will there’s a way.
It’s a shame that Nina ended up getting what she wanted in the manner she did. I remember how down Max looked when he me
