#Chapter 202: New Normal

Tessa

“Your eyes are drooping, kiddo.”

“Are not!” Maisie insisted, even as her eyelids fluttered shut for a moment as she said that. “I’m just… blinking.”

I snorted and shut the picture book I was reading. “Those are some awfully long blinks, Maisie. Your new room will still be here when you wake up in the morning.” I winced slightly, trying not to picture flames licking up the curtains. “Promise.