Chapter 9 - Emma Reveals Where She Hides The Cracker Boxes
As Maya drove away from the suburban driveway, the silence in the car was broken by Emma’s quiet voice from the back.
“Mommy... I’m sorry I didn't tell you about the lady living upstairs,” Emma whispered into the dim interior.
“You have nothing to be sorry for, sweetheart, Daddy told you to keep a secret and that was wrong of him,” Maya soothed gently.
“I hid my crackers in his big coat pocket last week because the lady told me I wasn't allowed in the kitchen,” Emma added innocently.
Maya glanced into the rearview mirror, her eyebrows furrowing with sudden confusion. “In Daddy’s big coat pocket?”
“Uh-huh, the heavy black coat hanging in the garage near the side door,” the little girl nodded earnestly.
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Maya filed that peculiar detail away in her memory, knowing that every strange hiding spot her daughter used mattered now.
They were driving toward her sister’s house across town, away from the toxic nightmare they had just barely escaped.
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