Chapter 42: Don´t be afraid

Hello, can you please help me translate this text into English? Text: "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that I'm taking them with me. It will be good for them to get out of here..."

"But when?" my mother-in-law asked.

"Now."

"Now? Don't even think about it..."

"I am thinking about it, yes."

"But, what is this? It's almost eleven! Pierre..."

"Suzanne, I'm talking to Chloé, Chloé, listen to me. I feel like taking you away from here. Do you want to?"

"..."

"Do you think it's a bad idea?"

"I don't know."

"Go get your things. We'll leave as soon as you come back."

"I don't feel like going home."

"Well then don't go. We'll manage there."

"But..."

"Chloé, Chloé, please... Trust me."

My mother-in-law continued to protest:

"But come on! You're not going to wake up the girls now, are you? The house isn't even warm! There's nothing there! There's nothing for them. No..."

He got up.

Marion is sleeping in her car seat, thumb in her mouth. Lucie is curled up next to her.

I look at my father-in-law. He is sitting upright. His hands grip the steering wheel. He hasn't said a word since we left. I see his profile when we pass another car's headlights. I think he is as sad as I am. That he is tired. That he is disappointed.

He notices my gaze.

"Why aren't you sleeping? You should sleep, you know? You should recline your seat and sleep. There's still a long way to go..."

"I can't," I reply, "I'm keeping watch over you." He smiles at me. It's barely a smile.

"No... I'm the one keeping watch."

And we return to our thoughts.

And I cry behind my hands.

We parked in front of a gas station. I take advantage of his absence to check my phone. No messages. Of course. I'm stupid. I'm stupid... I turn on the radio, then turn it off. He comes back. "Do you want to come in too? Do you want anything? I nod. I press the wrong button, my cup fills with a disgusting liquid that I immediately throw away. In the store, I buy a pack of diapers for Marion and a toothbrush for myself. He refuses to start until I lower the back of my seat.

I open my eyes again when he turns off the engine. "Don't move. Stay here with the girls while it's still warm in the car. I'll plug in the electric radiators in your room. I'll be back to get you." I begged my phone again. At four in the morning... I'm stupid.

Impossible to fall back asleep. The three of us are in Adrien's grandmother's bed. The one that squeaks horribly. It was ours. We made love, moving as little as possible. The whole house knew when you moved a leg or an arm. I remember Christine's indirect comments when we came down the first morning. We blushed behind our coffee cups and held hands under the table. Since that day, we remembered the lesson. We acted with the utmost discretion in the world.

I know he will come back to this bed with another woman, and that with her, he will throw this thick mattress on the floor when they can't take it anymore.

We parked in front of a gas station. I take advantage of his absence to check my phone.

No messages. Of course.

I'm stupid. I'm stupid...

I turn on the radio, then turn it off. He comes back.

"Do you want to come in too? Do you want anything? I nod.

I press the wrong button, my cup fills with a disgusting liquid that I immediately throw away.

In the store, I buy a pack of diapers for Marion and a toothbrush for myself.

He refuses to start until I lower the back of my seat.

I open my eyes again when he turns off the engine.

"Don't move. Stay here with the girls while it's still warm in the car. I'll plug in the electric radiators in your room. I'll be back to get you."

I begged my phone again. At four in the morning... I'm stupid.

Impossible to fall back asleep.

The three of us are in Adrien's grandmother's bed. The one that squeaks horribly.

It was ours.

We made love, moving as little as possible.

The whole house knew when you moved a leg or an arm. I remember Christine's indirect comments when we came down the first morning. We blushed behind our coffee cups and held hands under the table.

Since that day, we remembered the lesson. We acted with the utmost discretion in the world.

I know he will come back to this bed with another woman, and that with her, he will throw this thick mattress on the floor when they can't take it anymore.

Marion wakes us up. She runs her wrist over the duvet, telling some story about missing lollipops. Lucie touches my eyelashes. "Your eyes are stuck."

We dress under the sheets because it

We parked in front of a gas station. I take advantage of his absence to check my phone.

No messages. Of course.

I must be stupid. I must be stupid...

I turn on the radio, then turn it off. He comes back.

"Do you want to come in too? Do you want something? I nod.

I press the wrong button, and my cup fills with a disgusting liquid that I immediately throw away.

In the store, I buy a pack of diapers for Marion and a toothbrush for myself.

He refuses to start the car until I lower the back of my seat.

I open my eyes again when he turns off the engine.

"Don't move. Stay here with the girls while it's still warm in the car. I'm going to plug in the electric heaters in your room. I'll be back to get you."

I pleaded with my phone again. At four in the morning... I must be stupid.

Impossible to fall back asleep.

The three of us are in Adrien's grandmother's bed. The one that squeaks horribly.

It used to be ours.

We made love without moving too much.

The whole house knew whenever you moved a leg or an arm. I remember Christine's indirect remarks when we came down the first morning. We turned red behind our coffee cups and held hands under the table.

Since that day, we remembered the lesson. We acted with the utmost discretion.

I know he will come back to this bed with someone else, and with her, they will also take this thick mattress and throw it on the floor when they can't take it anymore.

Marion wakes us up. She runs her wrist over the duvet, telling some story about disappeared lollipops. Lucie touches my eyelashes. "Your eyes are stuck