When I asked what had happened, she said something that made me uneasy.
“Mom, please don’t ask Dad anything.”
Those words troubled me.
Another time, I accidentally overheard them talking in the garage.
“Dad, I don’t want to keep doing this anymore,” Emily said.
“You promised,” Robert replied. “If we stop now, everything we’ve done will be for nothing.”
“But Mom is going to find out someday.”
“Not if you keep our agreement.”
When I entered the garage, they both fell silent Robert forced a smile.
“We were just talking about the car.”
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