Chapter 8 - Learning How to Live AgainThe first year after the trial was strangely difficult.
There were no more hearings.
No more evidence.
No more threats.
Just breakfast.
Laundry.
School.
Soccer.
Homework.
Bedtime.
Daniel discovered he didn't know how to be everything at once.
One night, he sat exhausted on the kitchen floor.
“I can't do this,” he whispered.
Marnie, his sister, sat beside him.
“You don't have to do it perfectly.”
Daniel looked at her.
“You show up,” she said.
“That is what children remember.”
So he stopped chasing perfection.
He learned to braid Lily's hair.
Badly.
He learned Noah's favorite songs.
He learned how to apologize.
And he learned that sometimes the strongest thing a father can say is:
“I don't know. But we'll figure it out together.”
Lily began laughing again.
Noah became loud again.
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The house became messy.
And somehow, that mess felt like victory.
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