The Loaded Question
As her father reluctantly began to move, he halted and turned back, locking eyes with Alicia. “Before you defend him further,” he began, choosing his words deliberately, “ask yourself this: Do you truly know everything about your husband?” With that, he disappeared inside the house, leaving Alicia and Jeremiah on the doorstep, enveloped in an uncomfortable silence and a whirlwind of unspoken questions.