10/25/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            At my ex-husband’s house, I saw my daughter’s back covered in red ink. His girlfriend laughed and said, “Relax, they’re just a few tattoos!” I stared at her and replied…
When I picked Kay up that Sunday, I already knew something was wrong. She didn’t run to the door, didn’t shout “Mom!” like she always did. The house was too quiet. When Jacques finally let me in, I found her in the living room—tiny, still, wrapped in his oversized hoodie.
“Hey, sweetheart,” I said softly. “Ready to go home?”
She shook her head, eyes darting toward Cassie, Jacques’s girlfriend, who stood smirking by the couch. “We had some *girl time* at my shop,” Cassie said, arms folded, voice too proud.
My stomach dropped. “Kay, take off the hoodie.”
She didn’t move. Her lips trembled.
Cassie rolled her eyes and yanked it up herself. “Show your mom your surprise.”
My breath stopped. Down my nine-year-old’s back ran three fresh tattoos—black, green, and red Yakuza symbols, the skin raw and blistered beneath the plastic wrap.
Kay burst into tears. Cassie just laughed. “Relax. It’s art. She wanted to be strong.”
I stared at her. “She’s nine. She wanted to play with dolls, not bleed for your ego.”
Cassie held up her phone, playing a video: Kay crying, begging them to stop, while Jacques calmly held her shoulders down. “Pain makes you tougher,” Cassie’s voice echoed.
Something inside me snapped. I gathered Kay into my arms, whispering, “It’s over, baby. Mommy’s here.”
Jacques appeared, beer in hand. “You’re being dramatic again,” he said.
“You let your girlfriend tattoo gang symbols on our daughter.”
“They’re just Japanese designs.”
“You have no idea what you’ve done,” I said quietly, my voice turning cold. “But you will.”
Cassie blinked. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
I smiled faintly. “You’ll see soon enough.”
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