Emma Signed Over Her Kitchen Island to Keep Toby Safe in Massachusetts

closer to me, her voice dropping to a whisper that barely carried past my shoulder. “Remember what I told you. The hardest part of this is the silence. Let him do the talking, Emma. Let his own words do the work.”

I nodded once, my hand clamping down over my silver ring to keep my fingers steady.

Sarah began to leaf through the final continue reading …