Nicholas opened his mouth several times but couldn’t say anything. Finally, he just slammed the door and left.

He left after all. I guessed he’d agreed.

As expected, Nicholas didn't come home all night. I couldn’t get any sleep almost until dawn. I was crying the whole time. Eventually, for the baby's sake, I forced myself to sleep, only to have strange, disturbing nightmares.

The next day I went to work as usual.

I didn't see ...