'It was Autumn and raining...'

Drew jolted awake. 'Was that a window slamming shut?' His sleepy mind wondered,trying to figure out why he had ceased to be asleep, and with such a start, too. That's when he heard a gut-wrenching scream followed by a sob that set off every alarm in Drew's body.

"Honey?" he yelled. No answer, except a wounded sob. Drew followed the sound of wailing to the nursery. Upon opening the door, he was confronted by a scene he never wanted to see. 

It was Autumn, and raining from her eyes were the tears of a woman, broken to the most devastating degree. His beautiful ray of sunshine now nothing but the darkest shadow. Drew ran to hold his wife, but she backed away .

"It's my fault. I'm sorry. I couldn't stop them. I'm sorry. They took him. They took Caleb. I couldn't...They...I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I..."

Whether she ran out of breath or will to go on, Autumn fell silent. And Drew knew she would never be the same again.