Chapter 117

Several hours passed and the visits stopped completely, it was already night and my eyes could not be open for a long time; the twins cried, too much. During the early morning I was woken up by a tired Colton, who approached the babies to feed them. Then they would sleep for a few hours until the first baby cried and the other followed.

The next morning was exhausting. Between several nurses, and a very haggard Colton, they lifted me out of bed and forced me to stand up and then walk at least as far as the bathroom. Obviously my mouth took on a life of its own and I cursed the entire universe and the nursing facility and its methods of curing patients. I hoped, for their sake, that they would understand my frustration. It should be forbidden to do that to a person who has just had a C-section.

In the afternoon, more visitors arrived, among them the one she had expected the most: Diego.

He walked in smiling, uncomfortable when my mother's stalker latched onto h