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.