several times.
Cheap motels, his friends’ apartments, then in another state.
Caleb took on a series of odd jobs and forced Nora to work as well.
He kept most of what she earned.
When she tried to leave, he threatened her.
Sometimes physically.
Sometimes by telling her that he would make sure she never saw us again.
“He told her that he knew where you live and that he could hurt you if he wanted to,” Elaine said.
” It’s true ? “
” I don’t know. “
Michael stared at the table.
I asked, “How long has it been?”
“Almost four years.”
I was breathless for a second.
Four years.
My 16-year-old daughter had made a reckless choice.
And she had spent four years imprisoned by that choice.
“How did she manage?”
Elaine said that Caleb had been arrested after a fight outside a bar.
Not because of Nora.
It was for another reason.
