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\u201cA week after I said no, you got jumped. Remember?\u201d I looked up at him, my heart aching. \u201cOutside your house. You thought it was random vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember.\u201d His voice was ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t random. The next day, Loretta sat in my living room, drinking tea, and said,\u00a0\u2018Heard your daddy got roughed up. Dangerous times. Next time, it could be worse. Maybe he won\u2019t walk away.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0She was smiling, Dad. She was smiling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My father\u2019s jaw muscle feathered, a rhythmic pulsing of suppressed rage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen Darnell showed me the video,\u201d I continued, my voice dropping to a harsh whisper. \u201cA video of me screaming at Miles, shaking him. It\u2019s a deep-fake, or an edit. They spliced audio from when I was shouting at the dog, mixed it with out-of-context clips. But it looks real. They said they\u2019d send it to Child Protective Services. They said they\u2019d take Miles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMonsters,\u201d my father hissed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA week after I said no, you got jumped. Remember?\u201d I looked up at him, my heart aching. \u201cOutside your house. You thought it was random vandalism.\u201d \u201cI remember.\u201d His voice was ice. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t random. The next day, Loretta sat in my living room, drinking tea, and said,\u00a0\u2018Heard your daddy got roughed up. Dangerous…<\/p>\n

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