A little after midnight, two police officers knocked on my door and asked to speak to my 15-year-old daughter, Lily.

seat, she kept both hands on the wheel and breathed in like she was beginning again.

“Still want to learn?” I asked.

She looked at me.

“Yes.”

That made me proud in a way I did not know how to explain.

Because after adults had tried to turn a car into a crime scene for her life, she still wanted to drive.

We practiced in empty parking lots.

Slow turns.

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