Chapter 26: The First Cry
Chapter 26: The First Cry
The hospital hallway smelled exactly the same—sharp bleach and sterile, white despair. David’s stomach twisted violently with the memory of the surgeon's blood-stained scrubs.
But then, a sound pierced the silence.
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It wasn't the frantic, terrifying scream of a heart monitor. It was a sharp, furious, beautiful cry of a newborn.
Chloe peered into the plastic bassinet. The tiny, wrinkled face of her newborn brother stared back, his little fists waving blindly in the air. Chloe’s bruised heart, heavily calcified by terror, cracked completely open. A flood of fierce, overwhelming love washed away the lingering shadows.
