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What Adults Hear
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Emma tells the truth. The adults keep finding reasons not to hear it.
Nine-year-old Emma knows something is wrong in her home long before anyone believes her. Her father wants stability. His girlfriend wants control. And every time Emma tries to explain what she sees and feels, the adults reshape her words into something easier to accept.
Then a strange yellow cat appears in the backyard.
For the first time, Emma finds a presence that does not correct her, comfort her, or explain her experience away. As the adults around her cling to good intentions and convenient explanations, the cost of trusting the wrong voice becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.
A quiet psychological and paranormal story about belief, protection, manipulation, and what happens when a child tells the truth and the adults choose a safer version instead.
A compact, unsettling quick read for readers drawn to psychological fiction, family tension, and subtle supernatural suspense.
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