Chapter 26 - Zoe

After Henrik’s story, I was very happy Alfred wasn’t here. Henrik went through a traumatic event. He should have been treated with kindness, not with abuse. I’d like to know if Alfred ever apologized to Henrik for his behavior, but I’m afraid to hear the answer. More than that, I fear what I might do if I don’t like the answer. I understand that children need discipline. There are limits.

I won’t tell someone how to discipline their child when they act out or do something that could hurt someone or themselves. If Henrik had done something worthy of needing to be corrected, I’d get it. But he was a little boy who’d been through a traumatic event and was reacting to that event with panic. So what if everyone else wasn’t freaking out. He was, and he shouldn’t have been hit for it.

As our laughter about their mother staying home to keep an eye on them died down, I had more questions. Of course, I wanted to dig deeper into his other concerns and see what Gunnar said. There were still some