Hannah noticed.

She didn’t praise him.

She simply opened her notebook and wrote down the nurse’s instructions so they could practice them again.

PART 9: The Empty Nursery

A week later I went to Lucas and Hannah’s house to collect a few of Hope’s blankets.

Hannah had asked me because she couldn’t bear to walk into the nursery without knowing whether she would have to face Lucas in the hallway.

I still had a key from the pregnancy, and the house was silent except for the hum of the refrigerator.