Lily was finding it difficult to be herself. She no longer trusts people and would wake up at night in fear that Samantha or her grandparents would come for her.

My heart ached. The therapy she had was really not working as it should.

“It's better if we send her out of the country, don't you think?” Alex asked.

“But she would be out of our sight.” I pouted. “She now calls me mom.”

“She would also be out of trouble. Let us change her environment and check to see if things would change.”

“What can I say?” I surrendered.

“Let's send him off to Italy.”

“Hmm, that would be...