Chapter 54

• "This is supposed to be the easy part," Emma muttered at 3 AM, bouncing a crying Frankie while Alek changed Charlotte's diaper across the nursery.
• "Easy according to whom?" Alek asked, his voice rough with exhaustion. "Because whoever told you that lied."
• Three weeks back from Seattle, they'd finally moved both babies home full-time, ending the hospital nursery rotations that had sustained them through the early adjustment period. The reality of caring for two infants—one month apart in age—was proving more challenging than either had anticipated.