Summary

In Chapter 40, narrated by Hannah, Hannah got an infection from the bite but would not stop breastfeeding despite her doctor’s advice. Christopher begged Hannah to feed Cole from a bottle, but he did not sympathize with her feelings of failure or the fact that the attachment she felt with Cole while she was breastfeeding was the only thing that made Cole’s crying bearable.

Christopher called Allison to take Hannah to the doctor when they discovered she was running a fever of 103.4 despite the antibiotic and Tylenol she was taking. Hannah refused to let Allison go in the doctor’s office with her because she did not want her sister to know the circumstances under which Janie had bit her. The doctor told Hannah that she had to stop breastfeeding because he was giving her an antibiotic that was not safe for...