Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

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“If only every morning could start with brushing my teeth together with Natalie side by side.” Nate thought.

Natalie rinsed her mouth. Right on cue, Nate set down his toothbrush cup and pouted his cherubic face towards her, waiting for his morning face cleaning.

As she dabbed his rosy cheeks, Natalie was reminded of the first time she met Nate. He could barely string a full sentence together without stumbling over his words.

“You’re getting so smart, Nate,” she said with a warm, encouraging smile.

Sadie, who was bringing in a basket of laundry, overheard from the next room and chimed in, “Nate is indeed getting more talkative. Kids just soak up language like sponges.”

Nate, taking the conversation seriously, responded without hesitation. “I don’t like talking to them, and they don’t like talking to me.”

Was ‘them‘ a reference to the people of the Howard family?

from a psychology book that a child who grew up in a love–deprived environment often had delayed expressive abilities, which could lead to severe cases of autism or, in

Madelyn neither wanted him nor showed

mood had improved. He was speaking more fluidly and becoming quite the

was

momentarily, then continued cleaning his face with a gentle smile, saying, “Soon, no one at preschool

Howard, when he gets impatient, would say Nate is slow like a little mute. But Nate is just a late talker. In every other way, he’s exceptionally clever…” Sadie

Sadie felt awkward as she stood by the door, while Natalie finished helping Nate with his morning

her with a smile as they walked out together.

Nate to Natalie as a child. Although Nate was the spitting image of Brian, his personality seemed

was raised by Brian and Sadie, yet he should have had a temperament more like

even mentioning Natalie, just by observing Nate’s

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who brought him into this world.

catch Brian staring at Nate for hours on end. She believed that what people