My Husband Slapped Our Six-Year-Old for Saying He Switched the Babies—Then the Nurse Scanned the Newborn’s Band and Everything Turned Red
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Chapter 12 - Caius’s injury
Aloysius’s slap caused:
Facial bruising.
Minor lip injury.
No fracture.
No concussion.
Caius had also struck his elbow when he fell.
X-ray:
No fracture.
He became afraid of his father’s hands.
That was harder.
When Aloysius reached toward him during a supervised visit weeks later, Caius flinched.
Aloysius stopped immediately.
His face broke.
Good.
He needed to see it.
Not as punishment.
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As information.
A child’s body remembered before his mind decided whether to forgive.
