Thank you for fixing the image sourcing issues and for engaging with members of the community on their posts.
This story is every parent's nightmare. To lose their child to an abduction. In this story you seek to assure us that the accused believes himself to be her father, although we are not left completely convinced, and he keeps her captive as his only means to ensure that he can see her. It seems a rather drastic and cruel measure to take, but you stop short of showing any abuse and so remain within Ink Well limits.
After she had a cup of water, she crawled to her little mattress on the floor. Six months ago, he had given it to her for her birthday.
This sentence really got me... it hits home! Regardless of who he is, it is clear that he possesses a twisted sense of reality and gains pleasure in the exercise of control and emotional manipulation in Imani's life.
Thank you for sharing your story in the Ink Well.
okay,Thanks so much