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UNTHINKABLE SACRIFICE

John Battaglia said hello and it grated on Mary Jean to hear her ex-husband’s voice.

“Hi, John,” she said lightly. “I got a message that the girls wanted to ask me something.”

“Yeah,” he said, and Mary Jean could hear the echo-like sound that always accompanied his punching of the speaker phone button.

“Ask her!” John’s voice pounded. “Ask her,” he repeated in a louder, harsher voice.

“Mommy?” Faith stammered. She was noticeably crying and her voice sputtered in short sobs. “Why do you want Daddy to have to go to jail?”

Mary Jean could feel her body temperature climb. “Oh come on, John, don’t do this to them.”

Then Mary Jean heard the screams that will forever haunt her. Faith cried out, “No, Daddy, don’t! Oh please no, Daddy. Don’t do it. No, no, no!”

Over her daughter’s piercing cries, Mary Jean heard the blast of a gun. “Run, babies, run!” she screamed. “As fast as you can, run for the door!”