INSIGHT DRAMA

PART 1 – Twenty Minutes After My Sister Left Her Baby With Me, One Small Movement Changed an Ordinary Saturday Into an Emergency

Kate was still standing on my front step when Paige gave the first sharp cry. It was not especially loud. Babies cried. Six-month-old babies cried because they were…

Sep 26, 2026

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PART 1 – Three Hundred Dollars for Grandpa’s Basement Sounded Like Charity Until Dale Made Sure I Understood Exactly What I Was Allowed to Touch

The first thing Dale said after my grandfather’s funeral was that there was three hundred dollars in it for me if I cleaned the basement before the estate-sale…

Sep 26, 2026

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PART 1 – The Reunion Invitation Reached Everyone Except Me, and My Sister Had a Reason She Refused to Explain

The first sign that I had been removed from my own family was a photograph of a spreadsheet. My cousin Alicia sent it on a Tuesday morning with…

Sep 26, 2026

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PART 1 – Three Hundred Dollars for Grandpa’s Basement Sounded Like Charity Until Dale Made Sure I Understood Exactly What I Was Allowed to Touch

The first thing Dale said after my grandfather’s funeral was that there was three hundred dollars in it for me if I cleaned the basement before the estate-sale…

Sep 26, 2026

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PART 1 – The Sleepover Began Normally Until Kaylee Wouldn’t Take Off the Pink Sneakers She Had Worn Inside All Evening

At 5:40 on Friday evening, Greg Whitman pulled into my driveway with his eight-year-old daughter, Kaylee, sitting rigidly in the passenger seat. I remember the time because I…

Sep 26, 2026

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PART 1 – I Heard My Husband Packing in the Dark, Then Realized the Tea Beside My Bed Had Been Meant to Silence Me

At 1:47 in the morning, I heard the zipper of a suitcase moving slowly across the bedroom floor, and I knew immediately that Julian believed I was unconscious.…

Sep 26, 2026

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