Chapter 16 - THE NANNY NOBODY WOULD BELIEVEYears later, Lily sat across from a nineteen-year-old nanny.
The girl was trembling.
“My employer controls my apartment.”
Lily listened.
“They control my father's medical bills.”
Lily's expression softened.
“They said nobody would believe me.”
Lily remembered Serena.
The marble.
The broken arm.
The recorder.
The threat.
She leaned forward.
“I believe you.”
The girl began crying.
Lily handed her a tissue.
“But belief is only the beginning.”
She opened a notebook.
“Dates.”
“Messages.”
“Medical records.”
“Witnesses.”
“Everything.”
The girl nodded.
Lily had learned that evidence protected people when power did not.
The Open Door Center had grown.
It trained caregivers.
Nurses.
Household employees.
Teachers.
Doctors.
They taught people how to document abuse.
How to report safely.
How to escape financial coercion.
How to protect children without putting themselves in greater danger.
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Lily never forgot what Serena had underestimated.
A poor woman could still become dangerous when she had evidence.
