She clung to my shirt while her teeth chattered uncontrollably. I wrapped my jacket around her, rubbed her back, and carried her away from the freezer.
“How long were you in there?” I asked.
She slowly shook her head.
“I don’t know.”
“Where’s your mom?”
Another shake of her head.
I pulled out my phone, but before I could make the call, Lily caught my wrist with both hands. Her fingers were so cold they barely seemed real.
“Daddy,” she whispered.
I crouched so I could see her face.
“What happened, sweetheart?”
Her eyes moved toward the open freezer. She looked terrified of it—not like a child frightened by one terrible accident, but like someone who recognized a place she had seen before.
Then she said the words that changed everything.
“Grandma put me in.”
I stared at her.
“What did you say?”
“She puts me in there when I’m bad.” Lily swallowed hard, still trembling inside my jacket. “She says the cold helps me think.”
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