“Then tell me!”

“I can’t. Not yet.”
Those words frightened me even more.
The following week, Emily stopped going to school.
When I returned home from work, I found her lying in bed.
Her face was unusually pale, and her lips had almost no color.
“Sweetheart, what’s wrong?”
“I’m just tired, Mommy.”
I walked over to adjust her pillow.
And that’s when I noticed two small bloodstains on her white bedsheet.
My hands went cold.
“Emily, have you been bleeding?”
My daughter immediately pulled the blanket over the stains.
“Please, Mommy, don’t be angry with Daddy.”
I hadn’t even mentioned her father.
“Why would I be angry with Daddy?”
She closed her eyes.
“I promised I wouldn’t tell.”
Just then, Robert appeared in the doorway.
His eyes fell on the sheet.
His expression changed instantly.
“Emily, why didn’t you call me?” he asked nervously.