I’m fuming as I wait. As my tears finally ceased, all I want it to get this anger out because I have never hit my daughter before. I know kids will be kids and I try to reprimand and guide her the best way I can without getting so carried away that I’d lay a hand on her. I couldn’t help but pace around the living room. Too mad to sit still after seeing Mara in the daylight. When I finally heard the knock, I immediately pulled him in and closed the door. “How can you not have noticed that something is wrong with your daughter?” I hissed, trying to keep my voice down. When I turn around, Drayce cannot bring himself to look back at me. “I know, I’m sorry. She was almost always clinging to me. I didn’t know when it happened. Neither does my mother.” “I trusted you!” With my ang

