“Don’t upset your stepmother,” Her father whispered to her, “You don’t want to make Daddy unhappy again, do you?”

His breath smelled of bourbon, and through the door crack, she caught sight of the woman with red hair, naked and lying in Charlotte’s spot.

“Keep this between us, okay, sweetie?” He grinned, and she recognized the look in his eyes, the one he had when he couldn’t remember her name, “I’ll get you a present on my way home ...