ughter Lily' s

wish wa

take me to the amusement par

ace and my heart ached. I

swered the phone. "Mr.

to keep my voice steady. "She just wants

"I will inform him."

two tickets to the largest amusement park in

t forget! Da

led in my stomach. Liam hadn' t come. He

tes were locked. A huge sign re

l. "Mommy, what

s assistant, walked up to us. He

. Mil

g on? We have ticket

ripped them into pieces. The color

for jealousy," he said, his voice impati

Jealousy? This is my

rned away, guarding the

se, my own anger a hot fire in my chest. I l

him.

s "b

ome back into our lives. He was kissing her, his whole body pressed against

ngle amusement park in the

rt sha

stopped. A huge, innocent

add

Tiffany. She onl

h a gap in the fence, her little legs run

! I' m

her arms outstr

annoyed when he saw her. The

icke

r six-year-o

hard on the ground, a small,

e," Liam snarled at me, his voice dripping with poison. "How cou

n the ground, and turned to comfort Ti

it, screaming his name. "

over to Lily, grabbed her by the arm, and dragged he

angerously calm as he strapped my crying, terrified daughter into

adults. The harness was to

too small for that!" I

ed to the control panel an

n without my command. I want her to have a good time and se

ny. He was punishing ou

wave of his hand. They all left, thei

fany and they walked away, their l

ide s

esperate against the roar of the machine. It went up and down, again

aw

room window. I climbed through, my arms bleeding from th

top. I frantically worked the contro

slowly, a

reached the platfor

the entire area. It dripped

l into my arms. Her eyes were open, but they saw no

stance. My father-in-law, George,

d, holding my daught

the world turning

ispered, my voice a dead thing.