I reached for Leo’s bassinet and checked the blanket again.
“Do not wake him.”
“I would never.”
She said it softly, almost kindly.
Then her eyes moved to his name on the bracelet.
“Leo needs his family.”
“He has one.”
Vivian looked at me.
“Not the way I mean.”
I heard footsteps in the hallway.
Vivianclosed her purse.
“Daniel will understand.”
The footsteps stopped outside the door.
The handle moved.
Vivian turned toward it before I did.
