any accusation could.
Officer Drummond’s jaw tightened.
Taryn looked away.
The handcuffs came out.
My mother began crying then, but not for Laya. I knew her sounds. These were the tears she used when consequences arrived. She kept saying, “This is too much,” as if the problem were the response and not the cruelty that caused it.
Noah finally spoke.
“I told continue reading …
