Hope woke up just as Eliana took her. Seeing her father was about to leave, she immediately started whining, "Daddy, where are you going? I want you to stay with me!"

Samuel hadn't expected her to wake up so easily. Still holding her, he tried to comfort her, "Hopey darling, I have to go to work. You stay with your mommy, okay? I'll come see you after I'm done."

Hope was having none of it. "No! If you go, I'll never see you again!" The little one clutched Samuel's ...