MELANIE:

My heart is still racing about the whole encounter with that crazy man. Even as I tug the kids in the bed and wait for my husband to return home.

I don't know if it's the fear that something could have happened to me and the kids or this strange nausea when he held me… like I meant something precious to him.

I shake off the thoughts for the tenth time now and walk up to the kitchen.

The scent of garlic and simmering tomatoes curl around me like a blanket but even the ...