“No.”
“Promise?”
“I promise.”
She relaxed against me.
Derek had been granted supervised visits while completing counseling and a parenting program.
I never told Sophie to forgive him.
I never told her not to.
That decision belonged to her.
Vanessa eventually accepted responsibility for the incident involving the dress and Sophie.
The fake receipt and recording ended any claim that my daughter had caused the damage.
I never saw Vanessa again.
As for Derek, he didn’t lose his career.
My brothers didn’t bankrupt him.
Nobody seized his company.
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