Then she turned and walked toward me instead of toward him. Her hands were trembling when she reached out. I placed June into her arms, and Claire started crying the second she felt the weight of her.
PART 7
Her tears fell straight onto the blanket as she looked down at her daughter’s face for the first time as a mother who finally knew the whole truth.
I spoke quietly into the space that was left. “Dr. Alvarez called again this afternoon. It’s a mild form. She’ll likely need one surgery in her first few months, and some physical therapy after that. But her doctors think she has an excellent chance at a full, active life.”
Daniel put his face in his hands and sobbed, right there on his own couch, in front of both of us.
Claire looked at him for a long moment. Long enough that I genuinely didn’t know which way it was going to break.
