“When a new day breaks, it presents exotic obstacles, learn to tackle them.”

Shannon

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Every single passing day proved to be difficult, I wasn’t handling things as well as I thought I would. My attempts to nab Matthew in the act had proved futile. It wasn’t a snap-of-the-finger kind of thing like I envisioned.

“I don’t understand why you can’t just arrest him,” I whispered, muffling the sob threatening to spill from my lips. All I yearned for was my normal life back.

My father sighed, we’d gone over the issue more times than I could recall and it was taking a toll on him just as much, but...