"What do you know about Allison using the han - ? Tell me everything you know, Dad," I blurted, because I would bet ten thousand vocal cords I wouldn't have a lot of time before Allison came running, and I couldn't even say what I wanted to.

He ticked his gaze to the closed door behind me, shifting nervously on his bum leg. "I went along with everything because it would help your mother."

"Help how?" I asked.

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