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…

I had known something wasn’t right, but this—this was a nightmare come to life.

“Lily,” I whispered, my voice breaking. “She’s one of them, isn’t she?”

Counselor Ramirez nodded gently. “She’s one of the children who has been affected.”

I felt the floor give way beneath me. The shock, the disbelief, the overwhelming fear that had been bubbling beneath continue reading …