“He isn’t awake!”
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Mrs. Carter looked at the boy. Lucas’s eyes were open, yet he did not seem to see any of the people standing in the room. His expression was empty, and he kept whispering the same words.
“I have to go to them. They’re calling me.”
Suddenly, the boy jumped to his feet with unexpected strength and ran toward the open window. The police officer caught him at the last possible moment. Lucas struggled to break free, but he did not recognize anyone.
“He’s asleep,” Margaret said through her tears. “Please close the window.”
A few minutes later, the boy slowly calmed down. When he heard his grandmother’s voice, he rested his head against her shoulder and fell back into a deep sleep. Margaret took a folder filled with documents from the closet and placed it on the table.
After the car accident, Lucas had developed a severe sleepwalking disorder. Nearly every night, he got out of bed while still asleep, opened doors and windows, and tried to leave the house.
The first time, Margaret had found him standing barefoot in the yard. The second time, he was on the stairs leading toward the roof. Two weeks earlier, he had opened the second-floor window and already had one leg outside when she caught him.
The doctors had recommended a specialized safety bed and a nighttime monitoring device, but Margaret could not afford them. While waiting for his treatment program to be approved, she had followed the doctor’s advice and used soft protective straps while sitting awake beside her grandson every night.
