“I know.”
He sat across from me.
“Do you understand what you’re asking?”
I looked directly at him.
“Yes.”
But the truth was, I didn’t know exactly what I was asking for.
I only knew that something inside me had changed.
And I couldn’t ignore it anymore.
Page 2 — The Decision Nobody Understood
Thomas didn’t answer immediately.
For nearly a minute, he simply stared at the table.
Then he asked the question I had been expecting.
“Is this because of Emily?”
My eyes filled with tears.
“No.”
He waited.
I wiped my cheek.
“No child could ever replace Emily. I would never want that.”
“Then why now?”
I took a deep breath.
“Because I feel like there is still something I’m supposed to do.”
Thomas looked confused.
I told him about the dream.
The hallway.
The crying baby.
Emily’s voice.
He listened without interrupting.
When I finished, he leaned back in his chair.
