WHEN MY HUSBAND BOARDED HIS FLIGHT, MY 6-YEAR-OLD GRABBED MY HAND AND WHISPERED, “MOMMY, WE CAN’T GO HOME. I HEARD DADDY PLANNING SOMETHING TERRIBLE FOR US THIS MORNING.” WE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO HIDING, YET I WAS ABSOLUTELY PARALYZED WITH FEAR WHEN I SAW…
At first, I wanted to dismiss it as a child misunderstanding something—but the look in his eyes stopped me cold. Real fear. The kind kids don’t know how to fake. And the truth was, Daniel had been acting off for months—hushed phone calls, unexplained trips, moods that snapped without warning. I kept telling myself it … Read more