Your son is small and he’s getting specialized care, and we’re watching them both very closely.”

Delivered early. I looked down at the unsigned pages in front of me, and the arithmetic assembled itself without my permission.

Chapter 3 — The Numbers Connect

Six months since the divorce.

A baby, born now, early.

The numbers connected in one cold instant, and my chest went tight around them.

Rosalie had already been carrying our child when our marriage ended.

She had known, that last day in the courthouse.