She Said She Came to Take Her Children Back

pick still pinched between two fingers. Noah came through the back door. Mia stopped dead in the kitchen, one sneaker half untied.

They all saw her at once.

Chloe smiled too big. “Babies.”

Noah actually laughed.

Not a happy laugh. The kind that pops out when your body rejects reality.

“Don’t call me that,” he said.

Our mother moved then, putting a hand to continue reading …