“And she stayed awake for twenty minutes looking at the mobile.”

“Did she finish her water?”

“Every drop,” Ethan said.

“I logged it right after I changed her.”

He looked at the wall clock above the sink.

It was ten minutes past six.

The landline on the kitchen wall chime-chirmed twice, its loud bell vibrating through the quiet room.

Ethan did not flinch or look at his wrist watch.