And I—
I couldn’t breathe.
For eight years, I had dreamed of hearing my son’s voice again. I had imagined a thousand different first words.
Mama.
I love you.
I’m hungry.
Anything.
But never those four words.
“Jeremy?” I whispered.
He didn’t look at me.
His eyes remained fixed on his father.
Richard slowly lowered his glass.
“What did you say?”
Jeremy swallowed. His lips trembled. His voice sounded unfamiliar, rough from years of disuse.
“I said you’re lying.”
Richard pushed his chair backward.
“That’s enough.”
But Jeremy didn’t stop.
“You didn’t try to save her.”
The room became so quiet that I could hear the refrigerator humming in the kitchen.
My husband stood.
“He’s confused. He’s been through a lot. Janice’s death—”
“Don’t say her name.”
Jeremy’s voice cracked.
Richard stopped.
For the first time in eight years, I saw something in my son’s expression that I had never seen before.
Not grief.
Not sadness.
Fear.
But beneath the fear was something stronger.
Anger.
“Jeremy, sweetheart,” I said, moving closer. “What are you talking about?”
He finally turned toward me.
His eyes filled with tears.
“Mom, I saw him.”
My heart began pounding.
“Saw who?”
He pointed at Richard.
“Dad.”
Richard shook his head.
“No. No, this isn’t happening.”
Jeremy continued.
“That day at the lake. I saw everything.”
My mother covered her mouth.
I felt my knees weaken.
“Jeremy, what did you see?”
He closed his eyes.
And suddenly, my eight-year-old memories came flooding back.
The police officers at our door.
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