I Came Home Five Days Early So I Wouldn’t Miss My Son’s Birthday. I Wasn’t Prepared for What I Walked Into.

hear the other kids sometimes, crying from wherever else he keeps them. There are more, I think. He talks on the phone about his ‘rehabilitation program,’ about parents paying him to fix their problem children.”

Julian’s jaw clenched hard enough to make his teeth ache. “How many children do you think he has?”

“I don’t know. Six? Seven? I heard him talking continue reading …