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

She became emotional.

“What if I want you there?”

“Tell me.”

That night, she did not.

Neither did the next.

For the first time in our marriage, I learned how different love feels when permission matters more than assumption.

PART 13 — MAYA’S ROOM

We had already started preparing the nursery.

Pink curtains.

A white crib.