Summary

In Chapter 9, narrated by Hannah, Janie panicked when she and Christopher tried to put Janie in the car seat for her trip to the park. Janie agreed to ride in the seat only after Christopher got into the back seat with her. Still, she had an angry pout on her face.

As Hannah watched Christopher play with Janie, she felt pained because she could not give him a child of their own. He had never completely understood how hard it had been for her. Hannah worried about what would happen to Janie after she left the hospital. She decided that she and Christopher had to find out if they could do more to help Janie.

In Case #5243, Piper describes her initial meeting with Hannah and Christopher. She explained to them that Janie had been diagnosed with child abuse syndrome, abuse that can impact...