Sometimes she thought she could see the little eight-year-old
boy in
his
face, looking so terrified, so lonely. It nearly broke her heart to see him
like that. She would put her arms around his neck and give him a kiss and
a big hug, feeling the warmth of his body, and he would smile a bit, and
say I've got such a Bonnie daughter! and laugh and tickle her, and she would
laugh, too. He would tickle her all over, till she was in a sweat and tingly
all over with a warm glow. She would remember how she cuddled with him in
his great big bed when she had a bad dream, and she would creep into his
room and into his bed with the warm, comforting scent of his body, and lay
her head on his chest. Then she felt like she never wanted to leave; she
would do anything for him, and now she would do
this....