quiet.”
I stepped back as if she had struck me.
“No.”
Her eyes filled again.
“She said if I told you, she would make you think I was unstable. She said she had recordings. She said people would believe her because I was tired all the time and because I cried at the pediatrician’s office.”
I closed my eyes.
Ava kept talking, the words spilling now.
“She told continue reading …
