Chapter 109

The nurse looks at me with the first smile of the day, and I stare at them in disbelief. Pain is fading so fast. The wracking contractions and unbearable ripping are too. It all feels surreal, and I try to catch my breath. I don’t even feel myself pushing much as she comes into full view between my knees; a little squashed-faced bundle of angry red skin and light hair blinks at me through loud rage-filled screeches with a furiously murderous expression on that ickle face.

Yep, she’s mine.

No doubt about it.

Still covered in gunk and blood and still attached to me, she is placed on top of me face down, and I don’t even flinch at the grossness of it. So instantly mesmerized by the tiny little fair-haired bundle who stops crying the second she is in my arms, and I hold her close. Little eyes flicker and blink at me in a perfect little face that looks a lot like Arrick, and I instantly fall in love. Overwhelming love and emotion fill every tiny inch of my body, and I g