After a long, exhausting day of work, I finally make it home. I drop my keys in the key bowl and slump down onto the couch.

I'm about to turn the TV on when Maddy bursts in out of nowhere, tears flooding her eyes.

I look at her in shock, usually, Maddy never cries, but she's covered in tears and the mascara on her eyelashes coats her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" I ask her, but she doesn't asnwer. In...