He Left Our Daughter To Drown But I Saved The Footage Chapter 30
She threw herself into my arms, her breathing ragged.
“Mom, I’m scared.”
“I know.”
“Does this mean I can’t play anymore?”
“It’s okay if you don’t play today. And if you never want to play again, that’s okay too.”
She buried her face in my shoulder, listening to the rain for a long time.
The coach had already sent the other kids to the indoor rest area.
No one rushed her.
A few minutes later, she lifted her head.
“I want to go inside and get some water.”
“Okay.”
“When the rain lets up, I’ll decide if I want to go back out.”
Holding my hand, she walked with me into the shelter.
Twenty minutes later, the rain stopped.
Maisie pushed the door open herself and walked back onto the damp grass.
She didn’t score a goal.
But by the end of practice, she had made a beautiful assist.
Her teammates rushed over to hug her, and her face lit up with a brilliant smile.
I lifted my phone to take a picture.
As I raised the camera, I saw a familiar figure standing just outside the field’s chain-link fence.
Evan.
He was standing far away. He wasn’t holding a soccer ball, and he didn’t call out her name.
But Maisie still saw him.
The smile slowly faded from her face.
I started to move toward the fence, but she grabbed my hand.
“Mom, we don’t have to hide.”
I looked down at her.
She took a deep breath, then glanced back at her teammates.
“This is our field. I’m not the one who has to leave.”
She turned and rejoined her team to help collect the equipment.
Jenna had already taken out her phone. A staff member from the facility was walking toward the fence.
Evan didn’t wait for them to reach him.
He lowered his head and turned away.
This time, Maisie didn’t watch him go.
Clutching her soccer ball, she ran back to me.
“Mom, did you get my assist on video?”