Cassandra Leone:-
It was so noisy and bright at the mall, and everything felt chaotic—things I used to find absolutely awful. Now, between Eliseo and Atlas, I felt a joyful smile spreading around everything I saw. Eliseo’s hand was tightly wrapped around mine on the left, and I held Atlas’s small right hand on the right. Since we entered, he didn’t say anything and his eyes shot about while his body was restless like a spring. He was not lacking courage, but he was only a kid. He is healing from what he should never have had to experience.
"Baby, are you doing well?" I spoke softly and moved down on one knee so I could look at Atlas. He was silent at the beginning. His fingers got tighter around mine.
"Will there by any bad guys over here with big guns, mommy?" Atlas asked, scared, look
