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Diapers and wipes were set down on the arm of the chair and I looked up in surprise

“Forrest said she probably needs a change,” Mark said He dropped down on his haunches and laid his hand gently on her chest “I didn’t like having her away froine hoas for you”

I couldn’t have even begun to explain how excruciating it had been for me The irony was that when she was born, I’d been fully ready and willing to give her up That had been the plan all along, and while the thought of it had hurt—it hadn’t felt overwhel She hadn’t beenin that beach house in Northern California, things had coine my world without her, I didn’t want to

I changed her diaper and wrapped her back up, resting her against my chest as I leaned back in the chair Finally, I could breathe again

“We need to figure out so to eat,” ainst walls and sitting on every available surface “And hoe’re going to get home”

“We will,” my dad replied

“If I could estion?” Forrest drawled from his place on the couch

“What’s up?” Mark asked

“She needs to rest,” he replied, pointing at me “I’ve been sayin’ it for days, and no one seeht you think she’s dropped since we found her in that house?”

I frowned at him It couldn’t be that much, all my clothes still fit the sa to start losing weight

“A couple pounds a day,” Lu said quietly, looking at me “At least”

“Her appetite is gone, she’s barely sleepin’, we’re draggin’ her all over hell and back, and on top of that, she’s nursin’,” Forrest said “It sounds like shit ain’t gonna slon much once you’re home, either”

“What are you suggesting?” my dad asked, his face expressionless Oh, no I knew that tone It usually sentbefore we ran for cover

“I’estin’ that we stay here for a bit Let her rest, take a walk on the beach, bond with the baby, finish those fuckin’ antibiotics I brought her We need to figure out our next steps, anyhow, and this place is as good as any No one knoe’re here,” Forrest replied, obviously unfamiliar with The Tone