“What happened?”
I told her.
She didn’t lecture me.
She didn’t ask why I hadn’t stopped him.
She simply arrived with groceries.
Then she washed bottles.
She made me sit down.
And she cooked enough food that I finally ate a proper meal.
It was the first real meal I’d had that day.
Not long afterward, Dawn called.
Brandon’s mother had apparently discovered that he had left without arranging any help for me.
She was furious.
Dawn came over as well.
She took turns rocking Ivy while Summer helped with Lila.
For the first time since Brandon left, I wasn’t trying to hold everything together alone.
And that was when another problem surfaced.
One that had nothing to do with bottles or sleep.
It involved money.
