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

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Sofía hugged the little fox.

And for the first time in a year, I watched my daughter hug a stuffed animal without fear crossing her face.

Alejandro took my hand under the table.

In the garden, children ran through streams of bubbles. The afternoon light fell golden over the grass. Sofía ran toward the bouncy castle with the little fox tucked under her continue reading …