I Had Barely Finished Holding My Son’s Newborn Baby When a Nurse Pulled Me Aside and Whispered, “That Isn’t the Child He Left With”

“Very.”

That made him laugh.

Then:

“You were never the backup plan.”

Important.

PART 64 — THE THREE CAR SEATS

Julian still had an old photograph.

Garage floor.

Three boxed car seats.

Bought months before the births.