We adopted a 4-year-old girl, and a month later, she came to me and said, “Mommy, you shouldn’t trust Daddy.”
A month after we adopted Jennifer, she looked at me with wide eyes and said, “Mommy, don’t trust Daddy.” Her words left me feeling uneasy. Jennifer, a shy and cautious child, had become the center of our world. Richard adored her, always doting on her, but she stayed distant, especially around him. One evening, as…