Chapter 293 – First Night

Ella

As they close the door 1 look up at Sinclair and smile. I don’t have any words, but the expression on his face lets me know that he feels exactly the same. Warm, and happy, and a little panicked that we now have to take care of this little person, but thrilled. Absolutely thrilled to be here, with him.

“You were magnificent, Ella,” Sinclair murmurs, tilting my chin up with his finger as he climbs into the bed with me, ignoring the fact that it’s kind of…well. That these sheets will have to be destroyed, to say the least. But Sinclair, I know, doesn’t care. He just wants to be near me, near us.

“He’s magnificent,” I say, turning my attention to my baby and leaning forward to press a kiss to his head. I laugh when I see him squirm. “God, I didn’t know he’d be so mad. What an angry little guy!” I say, running a finger down his perfectly–soft little cheek as he mews and gives little cries.

“Go easy on him,” Sinclair remarks, a little bit of a joke in his voice. It does me good to hear it. “He’s had a hard day.”

“You had a hard day,” I say to the baby, rolling my eyes at him. “Kid, don’t forget who you’re talking to here.”

Sinclair laughs lightly and kisses my head, beaming down at our child.

A sudden impulse overtakes me then, and I follow it without really thinking very hard. “Here,” I say, quickly handing Sinclair the baby and sitting up straight. He frowns at me, confused, as I pull my ruined white nightgown over my head and toss it to the floor. Then, naked, I reach for the baby

again.

swaddling and press his warm little body against my chest, sighing in relief as I

my eyes, feeling relief flood me at the feeling of my little boy’s body again

Sinclair pull blankets up around us so that we’re both warm, and then he folds his arms around us as well, making a neat little cocoon so that we can say hello to

name to him, loving the feel

you. Hold you in my arms.

but my emotions pull together a

how long. But a great peace fills me, and I can feel through

still figuring it out and crying, like babies do. But at the root of him, I can feel that he knows

in?” she asks quietly. “Can I meet the

we packed and brought with us. As Cora comes to the bed

least he can do. As I pull the shirt over my head I watch my sister with

into the room. Hank strides over to us, confident, though Roger hesitates a little, looking a little shocked after the night’s events. I laugh when

beaming down

reply,

the bathroom across the way. “If so, Cora and I can strip these sheets, see what we can do about the mattress

I start to sit up, but then I look at the baby again.” Shouldn’t

minutes, Ella,” Cora smiles at me. “Take

blankets around my waist as I stand and grab the overnight hospital bag, feeling oddly demure about my naked body. I laugh at the ridiculousness of it, considering what these people have seen in the past few hours, but I just shrug and make

question any

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