Maria showed me how to feed him after she calmed him down. She was kind, telling me a lot of kids have trouble adjusting to new people, and that it might take a little while, but David would settle down with me.
She and Mr. Jacobs made sure I knew how to secure the car seat and double checked that I’d done it right, then sent me on my way.
He screamed the entire ride home.
By the time I pulled in my driveway, I thought I was going to lose my f*****g mind.
I took the carrier part of the car seat out and brought David inside. I was afraid I was going to drop him when I was unlocking the door, so I just set the carrier down and unlocked the house, then rushed inside before any of my neighbors called the police.
I unbuckled him from his car seat and left it at the front door so I wouldn’t
