Pāhonoa te oro

“I’ve been in the dark long enough to know… the worst monsters don’t look like monsters.” I’m a primary school teacher. I don’t exaggerate. I remember every child’s name. Every parent. Every detail. So you need to believe me when I say this. My daughter is real. Her name is Ellie. She’s eighteen months old. I know she’s real… Because I found her shoe. Hidden behind a radiator. My husband says she never existed. That I’m sick. That I imagined her. But I remember everything. The w