Hushed Willows Does it mean anything to you?

She didn't say anything when her mother offered to care for the cut, but she didn't stop her either. Whether Seabreeze tended to the tiny sliver of red or not, Ibis was being her usual self — emotional, bereft, over-the-top dramatic, the works. She refused to speak again until after her mother made a show of carefully easing her pain (real or imagined).

But afterwards, she blurted: Why didn't daddy want us.