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A thin scrape along her spine.
My hands started shaking instantly.
“Sophie…” My voice cracked. “Baby… who did this to you?”
She pulled her shirt back down quickly, almost embarrassed.
“Mom didn’t mean to.”
The sentence shattered something inside me.
Children always do that.
They protect the people hurting them.
I swallowed hard and forced my voice steady.
“Did this happen before?”
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