Buried Betrayal on Eight Hundred Acres 34

from my grip and stepped beside her.

“Mom, don’t ask her like that,” she said. “She gets scared.”

Teacher Lupita moved in quickly, her voice light and nervous.

“I’m sure it’s just a hygiene issue. We’ve already spoken with her family.”

“With whom?” I asked.

The teacher blinked.

“With her… with the woman who picks her up.”

“Her mother?”

Silence.

Sofi began to continue reading …