What’s wrong with Daddy?” For the first time, she could pinpoint what she’d been sensing from her mother over the last couple of days.

Ray’s lie came gentle. It sounded wrong even to him. Claudia’s voice piped up, clear and trembling. “What about daddy? What’s wrong with Daddy?” For the first time, she could pinpoint what she’d been sensing from her mother over the last couple of days. “He’s fine, sweetheart.”