The rain fell in a relentless, driving curtain as Nathan Cooper steered his daughter, Lily, by the hand, their footsteps splashing a hurried…
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That December evening, snow fell in thick, soundless curtains, blanketing the city in a deceptive beauty that did little to warm Cassandra Wright.…
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Eleanor Hayes was watching her three-year-old daughter, Rosie, chase butterflies across the sun-dappled park grass when a man in an impeccably tailored suit…
Hannah Mitchell stared at her phone, a familiar wave of dread and resignation washing over her. Her babysitter had canceled—again. And in two…
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