“Mommy, is Mr. Scott my daddy?” Purity’s ears rang, her daughter had just asked her a question and Purity was not ready to answer it. She could not tell her daughter the truth and if she did, the consequences would be too much for her to bear.
“Baby we have to go home, uncle David is taking us home” Purity quickly tried to change the subject before her daughter could ask any more questions.
Guilt washed over Purity, for years, she had avoided this conversation with her daughter and it seemed as though David was out to get her. She had run out of lies to tell her daughter and the older Violet got, the more questions she asked from her.
“Violet do you want me to get you popcorn?” David leaned in and asked Violet who was more than pleased to hear that she would be getting more food.
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