![]() She sits on my other side and kisses the top of my head like she used to when I was small and she tucked me in at night. “Callie,” my father calls, and she enters the room so quickly she must have been lurking outside the doorway the entire time. I have a place in this family that no one else can take. I’m slowly coming to understand that what he’s asking of me is wrong and sick and ugly, yet the warmth of his words spreads throughout my body. ![]() About who has your best interests at heart. ![]() “Take some time and really think about it. It’s the most he’s ever offered me and it’s still too much for me to bear because I can no longer tell whether it’s the truth or another lie. My heart breaks a little at his tenderness. “But how many more women have to end up like your mother before things change? Isn’t freedom worth it? The chance to make our own choices?” He touches my cheek, smooths my hair behind my ear. I look up at him, hope bubbling in my blood. ![]() “But if you can’t do it, you can’t do it.” “Is that really what he wants, Ivy, what he believes? Or is that only what he tells you? Remember, his father is playing this game, too.” He pauses. ![]()
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