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Prologue ~ Gwen

(7 years old)

“I’ body a couple inches away from him “You’ll still see me on weekends and holidays, but I can’t live here anymore”

“No, Daddy, please, takeas they ran down my face

Our parents had just told Gaby anda divorce Gaby said that she already knew they were going to She explained that they were always fighting, and Daddy had been staying in the room behind the house lately, so she knew this would happen

But I hadn’t

I believed that ether always Like they were supposed to be

And I was going to live with them forever

Now, Daddy was ruining everything by saying he wasaway I didn’t understand

“Don’t you love us anyle free of his hands so I could latch on to his waist

“Of course I do, honey,”with tears “You have to calm down, baby”

I heard hi to talk hi, and he wouldn’t listen I tried laying down and crying, sto on to hi

Mo inside the house Every once in a while she would look out the door, and I could tell she’d been crying too

Why didn’t she tell hio?

Eventually, Gaby ca the door She was thirteen and didn’t usually let me in her room, so I felt a little thrill when she sat me on her bed, which helped calm the tears