20 Quincey I wasn’t sure what I had expected, but over the past three weeks, it wasn’t what happened. And that was a big nothing. Nothing happened. There was no drama. There were no more police visits. No calls from my father. No emails. Nothing. I had expected some drama with Nate, but there was zilch on that front, too. He seemed to sense when I wanted time with Nova—when I wanted to feed her, hug her, play with her, change her diapers, chase after her. And the times when I was tired, he sensed that, too. He stepped in, and even as I would start going to her room, I’d hear his low croons, which were usually followed by her laughter. Nova was generally a happy baby, thank goodness. Then again, that should’ve been expected if I was just going off Valerie. Val was the happy one