My sister-in-law called my 22-pound Thanksgiving turkey dry before I’d taken off my coat.

offer to help me carry the enormous bird.

My name is Margo. I was thirty-four that Thanksgiving, working as an occupational therapist and approaching my seventh wedding anniversary with my husband, Graham.

We had a wonderful four-year-old boy named Theo.

From the outside, our lives appeared comfortable and happy.

But holidays with Graham’s family were a different story.

His parents, Walter and Brenda Hendrick, lived in a beautiful brick home with a wide porch and an impressive dining room.

His sister, Renee, was an attorney who had mastered the art