Chapter 58

Mabel POV

Sunlight spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bedroom. A soft ray landed on my face, and I stirred.

I peeled my eyes open, and a smile flitted across my lips as I recalled last night— except, I glanced at his side of the bed, and he was gone.

“Alec?”

I sat up against the plush pillows and yawned, then slid out of bed and checked the bathroom.

He wasn’t there. Neither was he in the closet...

“Mommy!”

Those three familiar voices echoed down the hallway.

I hopped back into bed and pulled the covers over my head just as their laughter reached the room.

The door slid open, and their tiny feet padded toward me. They scrambled across the be