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"That's nice of him. Where's Elle Elephant?"
"I washed him, he had to dry. Let me check." I walk over to the window to check on the pink elephant. It's dry.
I pick him up and carry him over to Elle.
She snuggles into him but then winces at the movements.
"Baby, you need to be very careful ok. It's going to take a bit of time to get better. You don't want to hurt your stitches or anything like that, so you need to call Melissa, or me or your dad if you need help with anything at all."
"Ok, that's fine. I can do that. Where is my dad?"
"I'm here."
Stefano's voice comes from the doorway. I don't know how long he was standing there but he steps inside carrying two cups of coffee. I take them both from him so that he can say hello to Elle.
Watching him lean over the bed and gently kiss her cheek fills my heart with so much emotion that I choked back tears of joy.
I can't believe I have my family again. The family I was so scared of having - the one I ran away from - I can't believe I lost all that time with him.
I put the coffee cups down on the dresser and wipe my tears away with my sleeve.
It's ok. Everything is going to be perfect from now on. We are all together and Elle received the liver she needed - everything is going to be perfect.
I step behind Stefano and wrap my arms around his waist. He reaches back to hug me, then pulls me in front of him.
We stand there chatting with Elle - asking her what colors we should have for the wedding and if she thinks she'll be strong enough to be our flower girl.
Elle talks excitedly about pretty dresses and what desserts she thinks we should have.
Stefano holds me close until we can both see Elle is tired again.
"Alright little one, you need to rest some more. Close your eyes and I'll go make you some breakfast. What would you like?"
"Ice cream." She answers yawning.
I shake my head. "No." I laugh. "You can have ice cream tonight after dinner. I'll find you something healthy for breakfast."
"Ok." She is already drifting off to sleep.
Stefano takes my hand and we both pick up our coffees before leaving the room.
"I think it's cold." He says laughing at the mugs.
"We can go make more."
He pulls me against his side as we walk to the kitchen.
I think he has forgiven me.
STEFANO
The house is absolute chaos.
Colorful, noisy, loud chaos.
People are rushing around, carrying decor and trays of food, flowers, and balloons.
Elle keeps bolting past me, on some random very important mission that I have no idea about.
