Chapter 1: The Rabbit on the Floor
The first thing I saw was my daughter's stuffed rabbit on the floor.
The second was Elodie.
My seven-year-old child.
Collapsed beside the hospital bed.
Shaking.
Still struggling to breathe through the oxygen tube.
My mother stood over her like she had caught a criminal instead of hurt a child.
"She's faking," she said.
I lifted Elodie back into bed and gave her the rabbit.
Then my daughter looked at me with terrified eyes.
"Daddy…
Grandma makes me get out of bed every time you leave."
The nurse went still.
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Then she said:
"This is the third time."
