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Chapter 8

Months later, Karen tried to come back.

She stood on the porch one afternoon, begging. Apologizing. Saying she’d changed.

Dad stepped out. He didn't let her inside.

"You had a place here," he said. "A family. A home. And you traded it for lies and control. You hurt my children. And there is no coming back from that."

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He closed the door. Bolted it. Turned to us.

"She will never hurt you again," he promised.

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