carried out the stroller box, a small, broken sound escaped her.
“I don’t know how to thank you.”
“I’ll tell Mateo about him,” she said. “Every time I push him in this stroller. I’ll tell him a little boy named Noah gave him this ride.”
“Thank you,” I whispered.
I returned home carrying something that almost resembled peace.
That evening, I cooked a real meal and ate all of it.
I curled up on the sofa and watched television.
As I drifted to sleep, I had no idea my small