The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Lana was surprised. She looked at my daughter in disbelief and caressed her face with trembling hands.

"Tell me. How old are you?"

My daughter gestured with her fingers and told Lana as I had told her. “Four."

Instantly, Lana's eyes dimmed. She mumbled, "You look so much like me."

The girl in front of her looked exactly like her when she was little.

My heart was pounding. Lana's expression told me something was wrong. Afraid that she might find out, I hurried to my daughter to take her away.

A five or six-year-

old boy suddenly called out, "Liar! Didn't you say you were five years old just now?"

My daughter looked up at me, her face flushed with embarrassment. "Mom, I forgot."

I closed my eyes. I had to face reality.

had a son, and his parents had a grandson.

asked Vivian who my daughter was. When

daughter and I

parents. In the car, Lana held

which was

gaze

the last

followed my daughter all the time. When the houseworker took my daughter outside

my daughter. I won't let you

determined, Lana

You can't take her with you.

nowhere. I grabbed my purse

me at

done a great job raising our daughter. My mom doesn't have the

how excited he was.

he

times tenderer