Chapter 15
JOHANNA WAS RIGHT about Greetje. Nellie woke her up when it was barely light, sneaking into the linen cupboard in the room.
“What?” she whispered.
Roald was still asleep. Nellie put her index finger against her lips, so Johanna rolled out of bed and followed her into the hallway.
“The pains have started,” Nellie said. “Helena should be here soon.”
Johanna went into the dressing room and got changed into her housedress. Her hands were sweaty with nerves while doing up the buttons over her own swollen stomach. Guess she was about to find out what was going to happen to her in late summer. The child mocked her by doing somersaults inside her.
Greetje sat on the rug in the middle of the room on her hands and knees. She didn’t look up when the door opened, but let her head hang
