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

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“Daniel,” she whispered. “He’s calling the police.”

Daniel stared at the phone.

“We need to leave,” Patricia said.

“No.” His voice snapped. “We stay.”

“She needs an ambulance.”

“She needs a story.”

He turned back toward me.

There was no remorse in his face.

No guilt.

Only frustration that the scene had not gone according to plan.

“You fell,” he said.

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