A Few Days Later…

The absence of her youngest daughter is already beginning to echo through the house. The longing grows stronger during the week, especially when her oldest is away as well, studying in the capital. The silence that now fills the house, once occupied by the girls’ voices and laughter, is almost deafening.

Trying to keep her mind busy, Denise organizes the wardrobe in the nursery that is nearly ready for the babies. She carefully folds embroidered diapers bearing the names Erik