As soon as his head touched the pillow, the child’s body arched violetly, as if an electric shock had passed through him. The scream that came from his throat was not a tantrum or a fit of rage. It was pure pain.
His hands fluttered in the air, trying to get up, while tears soaked his flushed face.
“No, Dad! Please! It hurts! It hurts!” he begged between sobs.
James, exhausted and surrounded by other people’s opinions about “tough love” and “discipline,” saw only bad behavior.
“Stop exaggerating,” he muttered coldly. “Always the same drama.”
He closed the door from outside and walked away down the hall, convinced that he was educating his son.
He didn’t see the motionless figure in the shadows.
Clara was there.
The new pineapple woman. Shaggy hair gathered in a simple bun, hands marked by years of work and a gaze that didn’t let anything pass. She had no degrees or studies, but she knew the language of children.
And what she had just heard… wasn’t a whim.
It was real pain.
Why did a simple pillow cause such screams?
What was that perfect bed hiding?
And what would Clara discover if she decided to intervene?
What happened next…?
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