Why hadn’t he told me?

What had he seen?

Instead, I repeated only enough to make sure I heard correctly.

“He tells you not to look?”

Noah nodded and looked at the blanket.

I told Patricia what he had said, making clear that it was his statement and that I didn’t yet know what he meant.

She contacted Dana, the coordinator involved in the hospital’s child safety review.

When I took out a black spiral notebook, Victor reached for it before I finished the time.