I Used My Teen Daughter’s Inheritance For Her Sister’s Tuition—She Said “You’ll Re…”

Her response was chilling. She looked at me like I was a stranger. “You don’t get it. And you never will.” Then came that terrible, prophetic warning: “You’ll regret this.”

God, I didn’t expect her to mean it like this.

The Long Weeks of Waiting

We did everything a worried parent would do. We immediately called the police and filed a report. We gave them every possible clue: the names of her close friends, a list of what she might have taken, and the names of the places her dad used to take her—we hoped she had sought comfort in a familiar, safe spot.

But deep inside, a mother’s instinct told me the truth. This was not a quick, angry reaction. This wasn’t some teen rebellion. She was deeply hurt, and she was done with us.

The days dragged into weeks. A week passed. Then another. She left no electronic trail. She never used her bank card. Never texted. Never logged into Instagram. The detective suggested she might have found someone trusted to keep her hidden. The thought of my young daughter depending on strangers made me feel sick thinking about it.

I had to keep moving for Liyana. I tried to shield my 9-year-old from the fear that was consuming me. I forced myself to smile when she said she missed her sister. I pretended I wasn’t constantly checking the front door every ten minutes. Malik tried to be reassuring, always saying, “She’ll come back. She just needs space.”

But I knew the depth of the issue. But a mother knows. She was not simply avoiding us; She wasn’t just running away—she was running towards something. Or someone.

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