"Does Apple like baths any better when there's a lot of bubbles and they smell like strawberry?" Seemed like a good question. Holden started the bath, because he figured they were leading up to this. And because he could see how Gideon kept scratching, how he kept wiping his hands on his clothes. How he longed to be clean, whether he was aware or not.

He held out the bottle of bubble bath for the boy. "Here, you and Apple can smell. See if you like that, maybe it will make the bath a bit nicer. And then maybe I can read a book to Apple and you while you have a nice smelling bath."