He thought I’d cheated on him.
He’d spent nine months trying to believe in a miracle. And then he looked down at our daughter’s head, and the doubt he’d been holding back broke through all at once.
This isn’t the baby I wanted.
I can’t believe you did this to me.He thought she wasn’t his.
I don’t know how long I sat on the floor. My dad helped me up eventually. My mom put her arm around my waist and walked me to the living room and sat me on the couch. Somewhere along the way, Ben and Diane ended up inside the house too. I don’t remember anyone inviting them. Maybe nobody did.
Evelyn was still asleep in her car seat in the kitchen. I could hear her making little snuffling noises through the doorway. I wanted to go get her. I wanted to hold her. But my arms felt like they were made of sand.
