was Dad.”
“That’s different.”
“Why?”
She didn’t answer.
“Because they’re family?” I asked.
“You’re family too.”
“Then you should have remembered that before telling me to disappear forever.”
Silence.
Then she whispered:
“Please.”
For the first time, I felt something other than anger.
I felt sadness.
Because I realized Madison wasn’t calling because she missed me.
She was calling because she needed me.
And those were two very different things.
THE SECRET MY FAMILY DIDN’T KNOW
There was one more thing my parents didn’t know.
The house wasn’t my only
