My Son’s Warning at the Airport Changed Everything

calls behind locked doors.
That phrase I’d overheard once, half asleep: It has to look accidental.

I stood slowly.

“Okay,” I said. “I believe you.”

Relief flooded Kenzo’s face so fast it hurt to see.

We walked to the car in silence. I buckled him in, my hands shaking, then drove—past our usual route, circling wide, approaching our street from the back.

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