My in-laws sent my daughter a teddy bear for her birthday—when she pointed to its eye, I realized something was terribly wrong, and three days later, the police were at their door

taking her away from us.”

That sentence followed me for weeks.

She didn’t say “from danger.”

She didn’t say “from mistreatment.”

She said “from them taking her away from us.”

As if Sofía belonged to them.

As if my daughter were an inherited bracelet, an old house, a piece of family property.

When Alejandro heard that statement, he stopped making excuses.

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