Rashid

I hated the way my hand shook as I held the phone up to my ear and the dial tone on the other end rang.

I swore to myself that I’d never unblock this number and call it again, not until my child was grown and old enough to be on his own and in no danger of accidentally falling into their hands due to their manipulated whispering in his ear.

But here I was with nothing else left to do but call the only people I never wanted ...