around nervously, then spotted me across the road.

“Mom?”

I ran without thinking. She sprinted toward me, tears streaming down her face. We met in the middle of the sidewalk, both crying too hard to speak.

Jason rushed after us. “You don’t take her anywhere!”

Lily clung to me and shouted, “I’m going with my mother!”

Neighbors stepped outside. Phones were raised, recording. Jason grabbed Lily’s arm—

And Marcus stepped between us just as police cars turned the corner, lights flashing.

Part 3

The officers separated everyone and listened carefully. Lily spoke first.

“I called my mom because Dad lies,” she said, her voice shaking but steady. “He said she abandoned me. He said she never wanted me. That wasn’t true.”

Jason’s face drained of color.

Vanessa cercò di scaricare la colpa su Jason, ma la polizia aveva già a disposizione documenti relativi alla richiesta di intervento d’urgenza: denunce per

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