I wanted to believe her.

Then Chloe began to cry, and both of us went back to work.

PART 4

The next morning I called the pediatric clinic first.

The nurse who answered asked for the girls’ birth dates, then listened patiently while I admitted I wasn’t certain which feeding schedule Brenda had been using.

Instead of lecturing me, she arranged a visit and told me how to keep track until we got there.