HER HUSBAND KICKED HER HOSPITAL BED WHILE SHE WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT—BUT WHEN THE MONITOR SCREAMED, A NURSE SAW THE TRUTH, THE CAMERAS CAUGHT EVERYTHING, AND HER FATHER ARRIVED READY TO DESTROY EVERY LIE THEY TRIED TO TELL

filled with images he could not stop.

Emma as a little girl, running toward him with scraped knees and wild trust.

Emma laughing from his shoulders.

Emma asleep in the back seat after school.

Emma on her wedding day, looking hopeful in a way that had made him want to believe Jason Reed might actually deserve her.

Robert had promised himself he would always continue reading …