It was the middle of the night. Niels slept in short shifts, occasionally being awoken by his wife shifting in the bed. When he woke this time, he felt Amanda wasn’t lying down next to him, so he rolled over. There she was, sitting up in the bed. He looked at her with concern in his eyes. “Can’t sleep.” Amanda mumbled to him. Niels had seen her like this a lot, and he knew her back probably was hurting again. Her hands slid down to her lower back, and Niels got up a little, wanting to help her.
As his hands touched her, very softly even , she began to protest. She didn’t want him touching her, so it seemed. He wondered why, but he took his hands away. Amanda apologised, softly, and she tried to get up. He had to smile for a moment as his eyes closed again. Slowly, sleep tried to take over again. Every minute without Amanda next to him seemed to last forever. He could hear her grunt and groan from the bathroom, and for a moment the thought crossed his mind of getting up and seeing what was wrong. But even before he was capable of doing so, he heard her scream his name. He jumped out of the bed, running to the bathroom. What he saw there was more than he could have prepared for. He had first asked her what was wrong, but he noticed after she answered already...
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