Lily
"I need to do something,” I cried as I paced the floor.
“Baby girl, you need to sit down,” Mom said as she wrapped an arm around Cassidy, who was sitting on the sofa and staring off into space.
“I can’t,” I whispered.
“Dammit, Lily, sit down,” Cassidy demanded. “I will not have you falling down. I can’t worry about you while I’m worried about two of my other kids.”
Cassidy had never spoken to me that way. I’d never heard her talk to anyone that way, so I sat down, despite the fact it made me crazy to do so. Charley could obviously feel my stress because she was doing somersaults in my belly, and they were almost painful. I took a few calming breaths, hoping to ease my baby’s fears, but all I managed to do was to break into wracking sobs.
Cassidy shook her head, reaching over to
