At 2 P.M., I Walked Into My Parents’ Backyard Expecting To Pick Up My 8-

chemical exposure, abandonment. Any one of those is bad. All of them together…”

He paused.

“You did the right thing calling the police and CPS.”

Hearing that from a lawyer—a friend, but a professional—felt like someone finally validated the screaming voice inside me.

“I have documented transfers,” I told him. “Messages, emails—everything I lent them.”

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