“To Lily Grace,” he said. “Who entered the world dramatically, exposed a weak man immediately, and has been judging us ever since.”
Lily slapped the table.
Everyone cheered.
I laughed until I cried.
Later, after the guests left and Daniel took Lily for a walk in the stroller to give me a moment of quiet, Eli helped gather plates.
“You don’t have to clean,” I said.
“I know.”
He kept cleaning.
I watched him rinse frosting off a fork.
“What?” he asked.
“Nothing.”
“That is rarely true.”
I leaned against the counter.
“I was just thinking about the hospital.”
His hands paused.
“Good or bad?”
“Both.”
