WE ADOPTED A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL… THEN MY WIFE SHOCKED ME WITH 5 WORDS I’LL NEVER FORGET – Page 4

“Mommy?” she whispered.

“Yes, sweetheart?”

Her brows furrowed. She seemed to wrestle with something far bigger than her years. Then she whispered, almost inaudibly:

“Don’t trust Daddy.”

I froze.

“Why would you say that, baby?” I asked gently.

She lowered her eyes. “He talks weird. Like he’s hiding something.”

I reassured her, but the unease took root. Could this be a child’s imagination—or was there truth beneath her words?

Later that night, as I stepped out of her room, Richard was waiting.

“How was she?” he asked, hope flickering in his eyes.

“She’s asleep,” I said, studying him carefully.

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