My daughter vanished after a fishing trip with her father—one year later, what I discovered inside his tackle box made me go completely still.

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“Why?”

“Daddy said not yet.”

I closed my eyes. “Because grown-ups can make terrible choices when they’re afraid. But that doesn’t make it okay.”

She pulled back. “Do I have to see him?”

“Not until you want to. And not alone.”

***

Later, Mark was allowed in with the counselor present.

I sat beside Sophie, her hand locked around mine.

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