Hadley had only babbled and cried and grunted as her form of communication thus far. She was almost three and a half years old, and I knew she should be talking more than she was. The pediatrician thought it had a lot to do with the fact that Karla had run off without saying goodbye and their lives had been turned upside down the past few months. But it’s not like things were good when their mama was around. She was selfish and drunk more often than she wasn’t. So unfortunately, I think it had affected my baby girl more than I wanted to admit.
