“Come on, Lily. We’ll try it now. But Mommy mustn’t hear us.”
They went into the bathroom. Then the door closed. A few seconds later, I heard the lock click. My blood ran cold. I hurried
down the hallway and grabbed the handle.
“Daniel, open the door.”
There was silence inside.
“Daniel, open this door right now!”
I heard whispering, followed by the sound of running water. I began pounding on the door.
“Mommy, wait!” Lily called from inside.
Hearing her tell me to wait only frightened me more.
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Finally, the lock turned. The door opened, and I rushed inside.
Daniel was standing beside the sink. Lily was next to him, fully dressed. There was no steam in the room, and no one had been bathing. But a small speaker was sitting on the floor, and colorful pieces of paper had been stuck to the mirror.
One of them read:
“You are stronger than your fear.”
Another said:
“Mommy will be proud of you.”
I couldn’t understand what I was seeing.
