The little girl never asked me for help. She never screamed. She never cried. She never even told me her name. She simply slipped a tiny pink notebook into the pocket of my leather vest while her mother wasn’t looking. I didn’t open it immediately. That decision still bothers me. Because when I finally did, the first page contained a child’s drawing of a woman crying beside a red truck. Underneath, written in shaky purple crayon, were five words: **PLEASE HELP MY MOMMY. HE HURTS HER.** My name is Jack…
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