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Ready to break windows.
Ready to…
The hospital room door flew open and in ran Atlas.
He ran right to my side.
Both Charles and Hannah backed off.
I reached for Atlas.
He reached for me.
I remember hugging him and smelling him.
He stunk like sweat.
He smelled like a hockey game.
He was here!
He made it!
I loved him.
But I was still terrified…
I looked at Atlas.
His eyes were wide and he nodded at me.
“It’s too much,” I whispered.
Tears streamed down my cheeks.
Atlas leaned down and kissed one of the tears on my cheek. “It’s never too much, love. You’re stronger than you think. You’re the love of my life, Hazel. You’re about to give birth to our daughter. You own the rest of my life now, love. I will give you every second of my entire life to cherish you for this moment.”
That only made me cry harder.
Atlas kissed my forehead.
“We’ve got to do this right now, Hazel,” the doctor said. “Last big push.”
I struggled to push because I just knew it was too early.
It didn’t make sense to me what was happening.
There were weeks to go. Months…
I groaned and felt the painful need to push.
I tucked my chin and took a deep breath, smelling Atlas.
I let out a weak yell, pushed, and then…
That was it.
My body collapsed back to the bed and I didn’t know how to feel.
