Chapter 2 - Ethan Whispers Three Terrifying Words
Laura held Ethan against her while the dining room erupted around them.
Guests backed away from the shattered plates.
Several lowered their phones.
Margaret stood beside the table, furious.
Laura whispered, “What did you say?”
Ethan pressed his mouth near her ear again.
“Dad knows too.”
Laura stopped breathing.
Her husband, Daniel, was away on a business trip.
At least that was what he had told her.
She looked across the room.
Margaret’s face changed.
Not anger.
Fear.
“What does Dad know?” Laura asked.
Ethan shook his head violently.
“Not here.”
Laura stood.
“We’re leaving.”
Margaret blocked the doorway.
“You’re overreacting.”
Laura stared at her.
“You had your hand on my son’s neck while people filmed him crying.”
“He was being disciplined.”
“For what?”
Margaret glanced at Ethan.
The boy immediately looked down.
That reaction told Laura more than any answer.
She pulled out her phone.
“I’m calling Daniel.”
Margaret said too quickly:
“He won’t answer.”
Laura slowly lowered the phone.
“How do you know?”
Nobody spoke.
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Then Ethan whispered:
“Because Dad isn’t on a business trip.”
