JJ
The knock on the locked bedroom door stopped everything.
“Mommy?”
Fear sharpened Millie’s voice enough that I was moving before she called me again. Nixx reached for his clothes while Benny sat upright beside him, every trace of laughter from seconds earlier gone.
“I’m here, baby.”
I pulled on enough clothing to answer her, checked that Nixx and Benny were covered, and unlocked the door.
Millie stood in the hallway clutching Rabbit against her chest. Her eyes were huge, and whatever embarrassment might have hit me under different circumstances disappeared when I saw her face.
“What happened?”
“Nothing happened. What’s wrong?”
“I heard you.”
My stomach dropped.
Millie looked past me toward the bedroom before staring at my face again. “You screamed.”
I crouched in front of her
