safe.
Then Emma admitted something to Maria that nearly destroyed me. Claire had told the girls I was considering sending them to boarding school because they needed more discipline. Maria immediately said that was not true, but Emma looked at her and asked, “Then why doesn’t Daddy see?” I had no answer because I had been too busy protecting them from the dangers I understood. I had completely missed the danger living under my own roof.
Maria finally decided to call me. She told the girls some secrets should never
