Travis finally spoke.
“Ryan told me to.”
“They didn’t know who they were supposed to release her to, so I asked them to call you.”
The principal nodded. “Which is what we did.”
I could feel a headache forming behind my eyes. I turned back to Melissa.
“I never approved you picking her up. I don’t understand why you’re here.”
“What?”
Her face changed.
I turned back to Melissa.
“I didn’t know anything about this, Mel.”
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“Ryan said you did. He told me you guys decided Travis wasn’t picking her up anymore.”
My anger arrived so quickly it almost cleared my fear completely. “We didn’t decide anything.”
Melissa looked genuinely hurt. “Why would he tell me you did?”
I didn’t know.
Whatever Ryan was afraid of, he’d gone behind my back to act on it.
“I didn’t know anything about this, Mel.”
Emma tugged my sleeve.
“I want to stay with Travis.” She stared at the floor. “I trust Travis. I don’t trust Daddy anymore.”
Until that moment, I’d thought the fight was about Travis.
Everything inside me stopped.
“What?”
Emma’s eyes filled. “I don’t trust Daddy.”
“I trust Travis. I don’t trust Daddy anymore.”
I looked at Travis.
