Chapter 15
- Chapter 15: Unwilling to Return
- The name Dad pulses on the screen like a warning flare.
- She stares at it, frozen in place, thumb hovering just above the glowing surface. A small part of her—the conditioned part, the well-trained daughter who’s spent her life learning when to speak, when to obey, when to fall in line—urges her to answer. That part still whispers in her mind, still tries to maintain control.