Lola’s PovThe room stayed completely quiet for a long moment after Sofia finished speaking her threat.Williams stood exactly one step behind my right shoulder, his hand resting near his coat pocket while his boots stayed planted on the bare floorboards. Maren remained directly by the glass window pane, her arms remaining folded across her dark sweater jacket while she watched the landing door.The baby was still reaching toward my face. Her small fingers wiggled in the open air space between the mattress and the entry frame, her round eyes staying fixed entirely on my chin.I looked down at the tiny hands for three seconds, then I shifted my gaze back to Sofia's face."I know you are not done," I spoke, my voice staying flat and level under the ceiling light.Sofia pulled the white wrap tighter around the child's shoulder line. "Then why are you standing in this room, Lola?""Because she is here," I answered, my head nodding once toward the lap space where the infant sat.Sofia's ja
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