“I Never Gave Him the Key — When My Stepdad Tried to Break In, I Was Ready”

important we need to know about.”

“Then she should have asked me,” I said. “Not sent you to break in.”

“I didn’t send him,” my mother said quickly, defensively. “He said he was just going to check on it.”

“With bolt cutters,” I repeated, pulling out my phone. I opened the security footage Thomas had sent and set it on the table. The screen showed Robert continue reading …