Chapter 21

“Hello,” I said as I tried to sound as if I wasn’t crying.

“Hi, baby. Why is Julia screaming like that?”

I couldn’t hold it together anymore as I broke down. “I don’t know. She just won’t stop and I don’t know what to do for her,” I cried.

“Is anyone else there with you?” he asked.

“No, I’m here by myself. Richard, I don’t know what’s wrong with her. She just won’t stop crying.”

“I’m on my way, Isabella ,” he said as he hung up the phone.

I tried to tell him not to come home, but he had already hung up. I held Julia up over my shoulder and patted her back. She screamed. I bounced her as I walked up and down the stairs. She screamed. I sat in the rocking chair and tried to rock her. She screamed. I literally was going to lose it. As I walked back down the stairs with her, Richard stepped out of the elevator. He walked over to me and took Julia. As he looked at me, he wiped the tears from my eyes.

“Maybe I should call the doctor,” I said.

“How long as she been like this?” he asked.

“Abo