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And after that—Marcello woke up again. This time, he was only wet. Carlo changed him and said, “I’ll take him down for a bottle.”
But I shook my head and reached out for my baby. My sweet little baby. “No, I’ll take him.” My other breast was beginning to hurt. We could help each other out.
Carlo handed him to me, and just like before, Marcello latched on instantly. And I stared down at him the whole time he drank, my love pouring into him. And his absorbing into me.
It.
Was.
Beautiful.
When he was done, Carlo burped him for me. I snuggled into Carlo’s side and felt my eyes get droopy.
So, with a baby on his chest, and his arm around me—we all three drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
So peaceful.
So right.
10
Giselle
“You look—clean,” Stefan said after he sat down on my bed.
I giggled and handed him the baby. “Thank you. You look very clean yourself.”
He took the baby from me and held him. Stefan was wonderful with the kids. He’d been a natural with Dani right from the start.
“And you seem—” his eyes looked me up and down, “better.”
I bit my bottom lip and nodded. “I’m feeling more like my old self. But I still have my moments.”
And a lot of those moments weren’t great.
Carlo and I were getting along fine. Neither of us had brought up certain things, though. Like the touchy subjects that my therapist told me I was avoiding.
I didn’t share everything with her. I didn’t trust her with that information. All I ever gave her were vague ideas of what I’d been through. And I never used names, of course.
Not that I knew any of the women’s last names at Sergio’s. We didn’t exactly get to know each other that well.
I sometimes thought about Shana, wondering if she ever got out of her room.
Alive.
I refused to let it bother me. Because if I hadn’t buried her—she would have gladly buried me.
And my babies.
There was no way on Earth that I’d allow that to happen.
She made her choices.
And I made mine.
If she’d left well enough alone, she wouldn’t have forced me to retaliate.
We both took our risks that day.
