But over the past five years, I had noticed strange things about their relationship.
Every Friday, Robert would take Emily somewhere in his car.
Whenever I asked where they were going, they both gave me the same answer.
“We just have a few things to take care of.”
At first, I wasn’t worried.
But one afternoon, I noticed that Emily locked herself in her bedroom and cried after returning home.
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.”
