should have been my warning.
I knelt in front of Lily and straightened her collar and told her Grandma Judith would take care of her tonight, that mommy had to go save someone at work. She hugged me at the door, her breath a small white cloud in the 28-degree air.
“Come back before midnight, Mom.”
“I promise.”
I didn’t keep that promise.
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