“My Mommy Has Been Sleeping for Three Days”—A Six-Year-Old Arrived at the Hospital With Newborn Twins in a Wheelbarrow

The visitor looked toward Clara, uncertain which meaning to give the sentence.

“For the garden,” Clara explained.

“For the garden,” Chloe agreed.

That was all.

Inside the front door, the brass key remained on its peg.

Clara took it when she needed it and returned it afterward.

Chloe did not check the hook every night.

Sometimes she noticed it.