Cora

“You’ve got this, Cora!” Ella cheers at my side while I squeeze Roger’s hand, panting and shouting as I give what the nurse has told me is one last, final push.

I put everything I have into this final moment, squeezing my eyes shut and pushing as hard as I can, wanting this done – wanting to feel my little baby in my arms

And suddenly the pressure lessens, and my eyes fly open as I gasp And there’s a little baby’s cry ringing out through the room.

“Here!” I gasp, leaning forward fervently, some motherly demand in me needing my little baby now even as I see him in the nurse’s hands. “Give him to me!”

The nurse hesitates, looking towards her colleagues. I moan a little, still reaching, wanting him now

“Do it,” Ella snaps suddenly up from my side. She stands and moves towards the nurse, putting a hang on her shoulder and gesturing towards me. ” He needs his mother – ”

Roger is completely still at my side, his eyes focused totally on the baby, who starts to cry his little heart out.

“Please,” I beg, reaching for him.

“All right,” the nurse says, nodding and bringing him forward. “We’ll clean him up in a minute – ”

And she takes two steps forward, and leans down, and places my little baby in my arms

And I burst immediately into tears.

my elbow-my heart just breaks to feel him close to me, so

every ounce of him, every tiny finger and toe, his wide and crying mouth with

is pressed tight to my side, his arms wrapped around me, staring down at

believe he’s here,” I

so mad,” Roger replies,

my mate and shaking my head at him, sniffing back my tears, grateful that his strange sense of humor has at least stopped my crying. “You know, Roger,” I

of noise, Cora,” Roger murmurs, still staring at the baby with an expression somewhere

baby, cuddling him close and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome to the world. You

“I couldn’t have come up with

me,” I sigh. “My whole

and my whole body is aching, I just feel such rich,

and the baby and I are the

her. “What do you think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean

yeah, the baby needs to be checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close, reaching for him.

my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom

by the doctor. But the nurse is right – everything went well, and the baby looked fine to me. I

down next to me and holding her hands out, palm up. “I basically bled out after my traumatic pregnancy, and

sigh, placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure your next one

eyes, and I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then she just grins and

reply, leaning my head on Roger’s shoulder, starting to feel my exhaustion now more than I

feel it when it starts to sweep through me, and I sit up a little with curiosity. This isn’t the first time Ella has healed me, of course, but this is the most conscious I’ve been

I feel completely

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