04-07-2026, 12:33 PM
Hayden stood up from the rocking chair and put Lily down in the crib, and turned on the mobile. It spun slowly playing one of many childhood nursery rhyme tunes.
He was overstepping, but he also knew things. Saw things -- read them. It was a curse and a burden when he put it to use for his father, but now it felt like he was actually doing some good with it. He sat down next to Tatyana and put his arm around her. He didn't say anything. He didn't offer the pills in his pocket -- or offer words of comfort. He'd let her move closer, let her decide if she was alright with the strange intimacy he was offering. How did you make someone trust you when their entire life told them they couldn't.
He was overstepping, but he also knew things. Saw things -- read them. It was a curse and a burden when he put it to use for his father, but now it felt like he was actually doing some good with it. He sat down next to Tatyana and put his arm around her. He didn't say anything. He didn't offer the pills in his pocket -- or offer words of comfort. He'd let her move closer, let her decide if she was alright with the strange intimacy he was offering. How did you make someone trust you when their entire life told them they couldn't.