My 16-year-old daughter was terrified when my father-in-law threw her out at midnight and gave her room to her cousin.

the glass at her sleeping mother. She thought of Emma walking alone beneath streetlights. She thought of Richard eating breakfast the next morning like nothing had happened.

“Families don’t throw sixteen-year-old girls out at midnight,” she said.

“I was frustrated. Cody needed space. Emma was being dramatic.”

Rachel’s breath caught. “She was afraid.”

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