The first time I told Mommy and Daddo about Other Mommy they laughed.
It was good-night time and I told Mommy good night and then I said it again and Mommy said, Why did you say
that twice, Bela?
And I said, I was saying good night to Other Mommy.
They both smiled and their eyes got wide and Daddo made a funny sound like from a spooky movie. Then
Mommy’s smile went away and she asked, Who’s Other Mommy, Bela?
But I was embarrassed. So I said, I’m tired!
Daddo laughed again and shut the light and they left my room, but I saw Mommy look back once through the
crack in the door. Her eyes looked right at mine. Then she and Daddo went to their own bedroom.
Then Other Mommy made the grunting sound she makes when she stands up on the other side of my bed, in the
space between my bed and the wall, when she’s been crouched down there on the carpet waiting for them to leave.