She stepped into the hallway barefoot and hurried toward me.

“Dad,” she whispered loudly, “tell the officer to check Grandma’s locked drawer in her bedroom too.”

My mother snapped her head toward her.

“What drawer are you talking about?” my mother snapped angrily.

Olivia gripped my pant leg.

“The drawer she always keeps locked, because she keeps Mom’s scary videos in there and says that if you ever watch them, you will kick both of us out onto the street forever,” Olivia said.

PART 3

The police officer slowly turned toward Carmen.

“Ma’am, what specific videos is the young girl referring to?” he questioned sternly.

“I have no idea what she is talking about because children make up ridiculous stories all the time,” Carmen lied nervously.

Olivia tightened her grip on my leg.

“I am not making it up at all because Grandma showed me one herself, where Mom was crying while scrubbing the kitchen floor and Grandma was laughing at her,” the little girl stated firmly.