My Grandson Called Me From the Police Station in Fear Until One Word Changed Everything

My grandson called me at two forty-seven in the morning, and he was whispering.

“Grandma. I’m at the police station. Chelsea hit me with a candlestick. My eyebrow is bleeding. But she’s telling them I attacked her.” A pause. “Dad believes her.”

The last sentence was smaller than the others, as if he had been holding it back and finally let it fall.

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