Every night my son took a shower at 3 a.m., and I kept telling myself it was just stress—until curiosity made me look through the bathroom door and I saw something so horrifying, so familiar, and so wicked that I left his home for a retirement community before sunrise… but I
“Oh, it is nothing, Mom,” he answered casually, “as this new project has been really stressful and I have been feeling antsy and restless, so I just got up to take a quick shower to cool off so I could get back to sleep.”
His explanation sounded believable, but at that moment, I saw Hazel, who was carrying a bowl of oatmeal from the continue reading …