My sister smiled just before my little daughter slipped into the hotel pool. When I tried to reach her, my father grabbed my arm and refused to let me go.

My sister pushed my little daughter into the pool fully dressed, and when I tried to dive in after her, my father grabbed me by the neck and said if she couldn’t survive water, she didn’t deserve life. They never imagined I would strip away everything they cared about.
The first sound was my daughter laughing.

The second was the splash.

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