"Hi, bug," Rachel said. She sat on the edge of the bed and did not reach until Sophie reached. The reaching was small, two fingers on Rachel's wrist, but it was a bridge. "Aunt Megan read to you."
"The nurse shark," Sophie said. Her voice was thick. "They don't actually nurse."
"They don't."
"Daddy said you would be happy."
"I am happy to see you. I was surprised. Surprises are big feelings even when they're good, and this one got mixed up with other big feelings. None of those feelings are your fault."
Sophie considered this with the serious machinery of a child who has been told, at school, to name what she feels. "I felt scared. The man was tall. Daddy's voice was not like Daddy."