Chapter 50 Nathan, Did You Wake Up?

• As the words left her mouth, she snapped back to herself and mumbled, "No mother could ever bear to treat a child like that."
• Charlotte clenched her own hand hard, a bleak chill flooding her chest. She couldn’t even stand up for her kids in the open. It felt like her heart was being torn into shreds.
• Eli listened, the corners of his eyes reddening. He choked out, "But Eli really, really doesn’t want to be without Mommy!"