Part 1: The Moment My Daughter Asked Me to Hide

isn’t here.”

The silence that followed was crushing.

“What do you mean?” Linda snapped.

“My mom went to the bathroom,” Emily said quietly.

“That’s not possible,” the doctor replied. “She wouldn’t be allowed to—”

“Allowed to what?”

Mark’s voice came from the doorway.

The door opened wider. Shoes stopped abruptly.

Linda laughed too quickly. “Oh, Mark, we were continue reading …