Unexpectant mother

EXCERPT
Juliana was almost ready for work one morning when she paused and frowned, what was that tapping sound? A bird? My imagination? Seconds later she paused again, she definitely heard a faint knocking this time. She went to the front door and opened it---but no one was there.
A child’s voice said, “Is this where Craig lives?”
Startled, Juliana looked down to see a tousled headed little boy.
Something about the boy was special and it troubled Juliana, but she didn’t know why.
“Yes, Craig lives here.”
The boy turned around and yelled at a man and a woman sitting out at the curb in a much abused Chevrolet. “This is it, Mom.”
The woman began getting out of the car. “Okay, Marvin. Come get your things.”
Marvin looked up at Juliana appraisingly. His bewildered sadness was so profound that even years later Juliana would remember it with a faint smile and a tear.
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