Daniel told her he would call later.

Her footsteps moved down the corridor.

The twins had been born earlier that week.

Ten was a provisional target, subject to the team confirming that all three of us were ready.

We had instructions to review, feeding questions to answer, and car seats to check.

I was not ready for a welcome committee that would treat the timing as a promise I owed them.

Daniel folded Luna’s blanket into a square.