I’d laid down the rules many times: boys don’t share rooms with their sisters. But he was afraid of the dark, and Stella was always the one he turned to for comfort. His defender. That very afternoon, at the beach, I’d heard them giggling and whispering. When I asked what they were talking about, they refused to tell me. Keeping secrets already. If I picked up Robbie and moved him back to his room, he’d only wake up
