YOUR SISTER TOLD YOU TO HIDE IN THE ATTIC AND NOT TELL YOUR HUSBAND—THEN YOU FOUND THE PASSPORTS UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS

the time Noah turns ten, he knows a careful version of everything.

He knows his father broke the law.

He knows people tried to take him.

He knows Aunt Mara helped bring him home.

He knows you hid in the attic and escaped through the wall, which he finds terrifying and cool at the same time.

One day he asks, “Was Dad always bad?”

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