After washing up, Olivia hugged her daughter close. "You weren't scared sneaking out alone?" she asked.

Dorothy proudly puffed up her little chest. "Not at all! I had all my weapons with me!"

She then excitedly recounted how she had taught that scumbag daddy Marcus a lesson, as well as dealing with that bad woman.

Olivia laughed uncontrollably. She knew her daughter's temper very well—Dorothy was never one to suffer losses.

She ruffled ...