But what I didn't know was that Nathaniel felt overwhelmed, it was one thing to think of him as an orphan boy and another to feel identified with her; and that was something he couldn't allow, he promised himself that he would never be hurt again, and to empathize with that baby, would be just the beginning of his own destruction.
I got up from my seat, to take my daughter to the bedroom.
"She's already asleep, I'll put her to bed while she decides what to do about this situation" I went to Kate's room, which is now mine.
Before Mary was born we bought a crib for the baby and attached it to her bed so they would sleep together, sometimes during the night I wake up and feel like a usurper since Kate should be the one sleeping here, not me.
I laid Mary on her side and settled next to
