At first, I thought Brenda was fussing.
Then I realized someone was whispering.
Daniel was asleep beside me.
I sat up.
Daniel was asleep beside me.
The whisper came again.
“Don’t worry.”
It was Ben.
Ben was lying underneath Brenda’s crib, gripping one of the bars.
I slipped out of bed and walked toward the nursery.
The hallway was dark.
The nursery door was partly open.
Ben was lying underneath Brenda’s crib, gripping one of the bars.
His eyes were open.
Then he said something that made my entire body go cold.
He whispered, “I won’t fall asleep this time.”
I stopped moving.
Then he said something that made my entire body go cold.
“I won’t let Grandma do it again.”
“Ben?”
His face had gone pale.
He jumped so hard he hit his shoulder against the crib.
I rushed inside.
“Hey. It’s okay.”