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My four-year-old daughter, Emma, stood completely still for a moment—then suddenly rushed toward the pastor, shouting something that brought the entire room into stunned silence.

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A physical, brutal, total nausea, as if my body understood the scope of it before my mind did.

Baby bottles.

The last night.

Miriam’s visit was “to help” with the children because I was exhausted and Trevor had had to go out for a while for something I don’t even remember now without hating myself for not insisting.

The sterilized jars are lined up next to the heater.

The strange smell that I attributed to tiredness.

Emma was breathing fast, so fast that the pastor had to kneel down to see her better and speak to her with a calmness that I don’t know where he got it from.

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