I Came Home Early and Found My Pregnant Wife on the Floor—Then I Saw the Notes She Had Been Keeping About My Mother

“No.”

She looked at me.

“Today you get to be her father.”

That sentence became a gift.

PART 22 — NORA ASKS TO SEE THE BABY

The request came through Marcus.

“Mom wants a photograph.”

I looked toward Evelyn.

She was feeding Maya.

“No.”