By morning, I’d already booked our flight and Nanny Chloe had dressed up Liah and brought her outside where I was loading our luggage in the car trunk.
Liah looked at me and blinked, pretty confused. “Mama, are we going somewhere?”
“Surprise, Liah! We are going on a vacation to Japan. You’ve always wanted to go to Japan.”
“Yayy!” Liah was happy one moment, then it was as if she realized something was wrong. Her smile dropped, and she looked at me strangely, tears suddenly filling her eyes. “Mama, are we escaping?”
My heart skipped a bit. How does she always know everything?
“Is it because Papa came here? I don’t want to go, Mama.” She burst out crying, and I didn’t know what to do as I stood there, watching my baby cry in Chloe’s arms.
“Liah,” I called softly, wanting her attention.
