women.”
“I warned them.”
“You terrified them.”
“I protected your mother’s place in his life.”
“You protected nothing.”
Sabrina began to cry.
She admitted finding the women through his dating profile.
She researched them online, followed them after their dates, and sent messages using temporary numbers.
Most of the women became frightened and blocked my father.
Rachel had been different because Sabrina knew her.
“Why did you involve Graham?” I asked.
“She would not have listened otherwise.”
I stared at the woman who had held me at my mother’s funeral.
“You did not honor Mom. You used her.”
Sabrina covered her face.
I left without comforting her.
Rachel reported the threats.
My father gave the police the camera footage.
Sabrina later accepted responsibility and entered counseling as part of the legal process.
My father blamed himself at first.
“I should never have started dating,” he said.
I sat beside him