“Clara has been with me for three weeks when Grandmother asked when she would be leaving. Clara told Grandmother how she wanted to spend a little longer with me, and didn’t she deserve that after spending six years without me? The next day, Clara found out she was pregnant with you, and she was so excited.”
I don’t say anything; I don’t want Nate to stop speaking.
“Everything went downhill fast from there. Grandmother kept yelling at Clara and telling her that she’d be a terrible mother and hadn’t Clara learned from the last time.
“Derick was beyond angry. I could hear him yelling so loudly at my grandparents, telling them how he would not stop until they returned to Clara that, which they had stolen from her. I remember standing in the doorway, peeking inside the room. I was frightened
