Lara’s six-year-old son, Ben, calls her in a panic one afternoon, whispering that he’s scared. Rushing home, she finds the babysitter, Ruby, unconscious, and is forced to confront a buried memory—the day she and Ben found his father dead. As panic sets in, Lara must stay calm for her son, who’s already experienced too much for his age.
Ben, a soft-hearted boy, is terrified after finding Ruby collapsed, trying to help but unable to wake her. Alone in a closet, he called Lara, who raced home, only to find the situation eerily familiar—another collapsed body. Ruby, barely responsive, had fainted due to dehydration. As paramedics arrive, Lara is struck by the crushing realization: Ben, only six, had seen death before and had stepped up to help.
Later, when the crisis settles, Ben asks if Ruby died like his father. Lara reassures him, but the weight of his innocence lost in that moment of terror leaves her heartbroken. She realizes parenting isn’t just about protecting but witnessing their courage when they shouldn’t need to show it.
In the end, Lara sits beside Ben, holding his hand through the night. In that moment, he wasn’t the one who needed saving—she was.
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