Chapter 5

Dad froze.

He stared at me in disbelief, unable to grasp how the daughter who always stuck by his side and admired him could suddenly turn so cold with her words.

Mom smiled.

She bent down and pried Dad's fingers off her leg, one by one.

She said, "Richard, it's over between us.

"It ended the day you brought that bastard home."

With that, she didn't spare him another glance. She took my hand and walked away.

Behind us, Dad's desperate roar echoed through the air.

But Dad still didn't leave.

He waited outside our door every single day, rain…