cnu-At my fortieth birthday party, my sister swung a baseball bat into…

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“Me too.”

But not enough to stop.

Because every time I wondered whether I had become cruel, Emma winced while reaching for a glass of water. Every time someone accused me of going too far, my daughter woke from a nightmare whispering, “I didn’t hit her.”

So I hired an attorney.

Not a friend-of-a-friend who handled wills and traffic tickets. I hired the continue reading …