Maggie reads the first page in one glance, whole, like swallowing food, too hot and too fast. The lump of new knowledge sticks in her throat. Burns her from the inside. She reads it again, slowly. It’s a strange document, stern and official. A report about her, about all of them, but the family she reads about is not a family she recognizes. He has lied to her. She feels the weight of this settle, heavy and unfamiliar. He is still lying to her now.
