My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

and one hand rested beside her face, half-curled in sleep. She looked so small, so heartbreakingly ordinary, that I almost laughed at myself for being worried.

But something still held me there.

Not evidence. Not logic. Just a pressure in my chest, like a hand pressing lightly but persistently against my ribs.

Over the next week, I noticed more.

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