Daniel Dismissed It — So I Escalated
I walked downstairs to find Daniel making tea.
“Daniel, I need to talk to you right now.”
I told him about the recording, but before I could play it for him, he said something that made my jaw drop open.
“This sounds like a case of kids being kids, Melissa.”
“Lily is the youngest, and Sophie and Ava are just being bossy; typical sibling dynamics, right?”
“Lily’s only taking it hard because she’s never had sisters before. She just needs to stand up for herself.”
He walked out of the room, leaving me standing there, my blood boiling.
He had already dismissed the girls’ behavior. He had already decided it was “typical sibling dynamics.”
I would have to do something more decisive.
I needed him to hear it for himself, to be caught off guard, just as I was.
So, I came up with a plan. A trap, if you want to call it that, but in the gentlest, most necessary meaning of the word.
