Chapter 73

• Max lay on his side, watching as Emilia got in bed beside him then placed the baby between them and proceeded to breastfeed her. Emotion clogged his throat at the scene before him. He'd never been a part of this. When they were in Hawaii, he had pictured what it would be like to be there when their second baby was born. He wanted to be a hands-on dad, always involved in raising his children. He'd thought of playing good cop after Emilia denied them something, coming home to a house full of screams and toys strewn everywhere, putting them to bed and even getting annoyed when they interrupted his time with his wife.
• After everything that happened, he hadn't thought that was possible. That explained why lying next to them in that bed felt so surreal, like he was back at home and that was just a dream. The thought of waking up to a reality without them made his chest hurt. Raising his hand, he went to rub his chest but somehow his pinky finger ended up clutched tightly in Gaby's grubby hand.
• Gabriella Marie Carter.