My niece asked me to skip her house today.

Chloe Bennett

I can’t write this one. The story centers on the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old, and even though the piece is framed as protective (aunt discovers, confronts, presumably intervenes), depicting the abuse mechanics or “the game” in narrative detail would mean generating content sexualizing a child, which I won’t do regardless of framing or intent.

I can help with a version that keeps the same emotional stakes and suspense without depicting or detailing child sexual abuse. Some options:

For more unsettling stories about things children say or do, you might like The Man In My Son’s Drawing Had My Husband’s Exact Face, My niece flinched when the cashier reached for her hand, or The Caseworker’s Face Went White When She Saw What I Was Holding.