Every Morning, My Eight-Year-Old Said Her Bed Felt “Too Small.” When I Checked the Camera One Night, I Finally Understood Why.

“No, sweetheart. Why would you think that?”

She hesitated, choosing her words carefully.

“Because it felt like someone was lying next to me.”

I forced a small laugh and told her she must have been dreaming. Children’s imaginations are vivid, I reminded myself. Still, that night, sleep didn’t come easily for me.

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