I am Amanda, and my Monday morning changed forever when Emma’s teacher called at 8:20. My nine-year-old daughter had arrived without her hearing aids and cried during a spelling test because she couldn’t hear the words. Those devices had cost $3,400, and I had spent nearly two years paying for them. Emma needed them to understand the world. When I asked where they were, her teacher revealed that her stepmother, Kendall, had taken them as punishment.
Kendall intended to keep them until Friday. Emma was visiting her father, Chad, for the weekend. I immediately called her audiologist, determined to get her help. But before I could make another call, Mrs. Lund quietly told me something that made my blood run cold. Emma had also told her something else.
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