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Restlessness

Author: Sommy Pearl
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Sebastian

I held Rose close, her small arms still wrapped around my neck, and listened to the soft tremble in her voice as she pleaded for the man’s release. I didn’t know how to explain everything to a child. I couldn’t tell her that kindness didn’t erase danger, or that broken people could still cause real harm, even if they didn’t mean to. But I also couldn’t ignore the sincerity in her voice, the way she saw him not as a threat but as someone who needed help.

So I nodded slowly, still crouched beside her. “Alright, sweetheart. I won’t ask for him to be jailed. But he’ll need help. Therapy, a full diagnosis... all the things that might keep this from happening again. What he did was wrong, even if he didn’t mean to hurt anyone. We have to make sure it doesn’t happen again, for everyone’s safety.”

She leaned her head against my shoulder, her voice small but grateful. “Thank you, Daddy.”

I smiled and ran my hand gently over her back. “Let’s go home now. Everything’s okay.”

We walked
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