My Four-Year-Old Called Grandpa After My Husband Broke My Leg

was sitting halfway down, behind the banister.

Pink pajamas.

Bare feet.

Stuffed lamb clutched against her chest.

Her eyes were wide and shining in the kitchen lights.

She had heard too much.

Maybe all of it.

My first instinct was not fear for myself.

It was shame.

Not because I had caused this, but because my daughter was seeing it.

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