“Who is that?”
He immediately locked the screen.
“Something from work.”
I stared at him.
“Your job sends you family photographs after midnight?”
He headed toward the doorway.
“Go back to bed, Nora.”
I grabbed his arm.
“Answer me.”
He glanced toward the sleeping babies.
“You’re exhausted.”
Something inside me became very still.
“Stop using our sons to convince me I’m not seeing what I’m seeing.”
His expression changed.
For one second, I thought the truth was finally coming.
Instead, Ethan kissed my forehead.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that.”
“But you still aren’t answering.”
He walked out.
THE MESSAGE
Two days later, Kai and Theo had a checkup.
Both received a clean bill of health.
Ethan and I sat beside each other in the waiting room, and for a few minutes we almost felt normal again.
Then his phone lit up between us.
