three days.
Then she realized Dad wouldn’t support her.
She signed too.
That didn’t magically repair our family.
I stopped bringing Lily to events where she had to earn kindness.
Ethan did the same.
When Mom asked why he no longer visited alone, he said, “Because I saw how you treated my sister.”
Months passed.
Dad began meeting us for lunch without Mom.
Eventually, Mom asked to see Lily.
I agreed to a short park visit.
She brought the handmade card.
Flattened.
Carefully taped.
Saved.
“I was cruel,” she said.
