When a judge asks a little girl whether her dad is guilty of a whole string of violent behaviors, the lines between good and evil have been so blurred for her that she’s not sure how to answer. But when she finally speaks her mind and the diary is discovered during the trial, the police quickly arrest her mom instead.

The classroom hummed with the usual morning chatter. Angie hunched over her coloring book. Miss Cartright noticed the rigid posture and the way her small hand trembled around the purple crayon.

“Angie, honey, is everything okay?” Miss Cartright knelt beside her.

Angie’s big brown eyes flickered up nervously. A tear escaped and traced a path down her cheek. With a barely audible voice, she said, “There were bad things at home.” Words stumbled one over the other. Miss Cartright’s heart ached. A sense of chilling urgency washed over her. This was more than a child’s passing story. She had to….Read Full Story Here………………