My daughter pulled back.
"Why, baby?"
Kathleen was quiet for a long moment. Then she said what I wasn't ready for.
"Because I knew what you'd do."
I felt my stomach fold in on itself.
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"Kathleen..."
"Do you remember fourth grade? Mrs. Halston? When she marked my project down? You went to the school."
"I remember. I marched in there without asking you."
"I knew what you'd do."
