“You are just next door?” Liam asked with a jaw-breaking yawn and blinking the tears that sprang to his eyes away.
Gabriel stifled the smile he could feel playing on the edge of his lips and answered, “Yes. Our room is just next door. If you wake up again and need us, just walk over and knock on the door. But we can hear you with this-” He lifted the baby monitor he had taken from Abigail just minutes before. “So you don’t need to be scared. If you call, I’ll come.”
“I’m not scared,” Liam declared vehemently before his eyes wandered around the room, belying his statement.
“This is the safest place. I promise,” Gabriel assured. He reached out and pushed the dark curls off Liam’s forehead.
Liam still didn’t seem convinced, or perhaps he had more questions. Gabriel wasn’t sure which it wa
