Father glanced down toward the toddler. “Enjoy it, little guy,” he said.
“This is your last night as visitor.” “What do you mean?” Jonas asked him.
Father sighed with disappointment. “Well, you know he wasn’t here when you got home this morning
because we had him stay overnight at the Nurturing Center. It seemed like a good opportunity, with you gone, to give it a try.
He’d been sleeping so soundly.“Didn’t it go well?” Mother asked sympathetically.
Father gave a rueful laugh. “That’s an understatement. It was a disaster. He cried all night, apparently.
The night crew couldn’t handle it. They were really frazzled by the time I got to work.
“Gabe, you naughty thing,” Lily said, with a scolding little cluck toward the grinning toddler on the floor.
“So,” Father went on, “we obviously had to make the decision. Even I voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the meeting this afternoon.”
Jonas put down his fork and stared at his father. “Release?” he asked.
Father nodded. “We certainly gave it our best try, didn’t we?” “Yes, we did,” Mother agreed emphatically.
Lily nodded in agreement, too. Jonas worked at keeping his voice absolutely calm.
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