Balto

This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the Paris Review and selected for The Best American Short Stories, 2007 by Stephen King.Angelle's father is a drunk, and Angelle and her little sister, Lisette, know it. Their mother has told them as much. But their mother has abandonedthem and gone back to France, leaving only the empty promise to return behind.Now Angelle is the key witness in a case that may decide whether she andLisette are taken away from their father. Angelle must choose betweenthe truth that could hurt them all and the "e;necessary truth"e; her father'slawyer wants her to tell.