I Found a Baby Sleeping on My Side of the Bed Three Days Before I Returned Home
The blemish was scarcely wider than the nail of my thumb. A faint crescent of reddish skin, nestled delicately just beneath the baby’s left ear. I reached toward the bassinet, my fingertips hovering in the conditioned air of our bedroom, then stopped before making contact. A sudden, violent tremor seized my hand. When I was…
