My Wife Was Holding Our Feverish Toddler While My Mom Scrolled TikTok — Then I Finally Snapped

chest tightened.

“Lauren,” he said carefully, “how long has Noah been sick?”

She turned, startled. For half a second, relief flashed across her face. Then it disappeared, buried under exhaustion.

“Since Tuesday night,” she said softly. “Fever, cough, barely sleeping.”

Ethan stared at his mother and sister. “And you two have been here?”

Patricia looked up continue reading …