MARY'S POV:Did you know about this? Did you have any idea what is going on at Elowen's school right now? Did you know she is getting cornered by other kids? Did you know people are printing lies and telling her we are going to end up sleeping on the street? Did you know, Alistair? Or do you just not care about your own daughter anymore?Then came the silence.No reply text. No incoming call. No word of apology. Just the cold, empty quiet of a man who had already washed his hands of us. The screen glowed for a moment, marking the text as delivered, then changing to show it had been opened and read. And then nothing at all.Of course. He had not picked up my frantic calls back when I was in actual danger. Why would he bother answering me now?I stared down at the glowing screen, my chest heavy. He had seen the message. He had read every word about his daughter being hurt. And he had deliberately chosen to say nothing.Right as I was about to lock the phone, a strange, creeping fe
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