My Daughter ‘Went to School’ Every Morning – Then Her Teacher Called and Said She’d Been Skipping for a Whole Week, So I Followed Her the Next Morning

I answered right away. I assumed she had a fever or forgot her gym shoes.

"This is Mrs. Carter, Emily's homeroom teacher. I wanted to check in because Emily has been absent all week."

I almost laughed; it was just so out of character for my Emily.

"That can't be right." I pushed back from my desk. "She leaves the house every morning. I watch her walk out the door."

There was a long, heavy beat of silence.

"She leaves the house every morning. I watch her walk out the door."

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