Craig and I stood almost motionless staring at them. I wasn't sure which fact was more inconceivable: that the creature was dead or that Benjamin was the one who made it that way.
“Holy s**t," Craig breathed out suddenly breaking the silence.
As if that was some cue to the babies, they all began crying at once.
“Check on the babies," I told him as I struggled to kneel next to Benjamin.
Craig grabbed my arm and stopped me. “You check on the babies, I'll get him."
I didn't argue with him, just hurried quickly over to the maternity ward. The fact that they had left so many helpless, defenseless babies behind dumbfounded me. Two of them were still in incubators with feeding tubes and respirators. Tears gathered in my eyes at the thought that these people had been so heartless as to leav
