*Calvin*
Audrey sits on the bed and watches me carefully as I hold Katya and give her the bottle.
“I’m not going to hurt her,” I tell her.
“I know that, Calvin,” she says gently. “This is new for you. I just want to be sure you’re comfortable.”
I nod, looking down at the little girl. “She didn’t know,” I whisper to her. “They told her you died. She can’t wait to meet you.”
“They what?” Audrey asks, anger rising.
I look up and nod, telling her how I’d been able to see Ada and tell her.
“When you get to Worm Moon, you need to dig up the grave,” she says. “We need to know if another child was buried in her place.”
I sigh. “I hadn’t even thought of that.”
“It sounds like Anthony isn’t the monster we’ve all thought him to be,” she says with a sad smile. “I think you should trus
