Sins in Plain Sight

POV: Maddie

"Dad... why do you have Maddie's student ID card?"

Camilla's shrill tone sliced through the tension in the kitchen. She stepped forward from the stone archway, holding up my plastic card between her manicured fingers. She thrust it toward her father in an unspoken demand for an explanation.

My breath stalled flat in my chest. Every muscle in my body locked in pristine, suffocating