The method of harming a child, he believed, did not need to become part of the story.
What mattered was that doctors found evidence, recorded it properly, and confirmed what Lily had described.
A quiet rage burned through Marcus as he read the report.
But in front of his daughter, he remained composed.
“Am I sick, Daddy?” Lily asked after the nurse left the room.
“No, baby,” Marcus said.
“You’re not sick at all.”
“Then why did I feel so funny?”
Marcus sat beside her and took her small hands.
“Because someone put something in your drink that should never have been there,” he said.
“The doctors are helping us now.
And you didn’t do anything wrong.
Not one single thing.”
Lily stared at her lap for a moment.
Then she asked the question that broke her father’s heart.
“Is Sarah going to tell you I’m lying?”
Marcus shook his head firmly and looked into her eyes.
“You never have to worry about convincing anyone, ever again.
I’m right here.
And I believe you.”
For the first time in days, a genuine six-year-old smile appeared on Lily’s face.
Marcus would think about that question often afterward.
It showed him how deeply Sarah’s manipulation had affected Lily.
Even after she had spoken, been believed, moved somewhere safe, and seen doctors, she was still waiting for Sarah to appear and somehow convince everyone that she was lying.
That was the psychological foundation Sarah had deliberately built.
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