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God! She’s here. She’s real. My little girl is alive and here with me.
She’s sleeping peacefully, and once more I’m struck by how beautiful she is. Careful not to wake her up, I brush my lips across her cheek.
The light noise from the kitchen tells me Raf must have woken up early to fill the fridge.
I tip-toe around the room, heading to the kitchen to find him making pancakes.
When he spots me, his lips stretch into a dazzling smile.
“Good morning,” he murmurs as he leans to give me a kiss.
“Morning,” I whisper back, unable to stop my own grin. “So it’s real. It’s not a dream.”
“That was my fear when I woke up as well.”
“Oh, Raf. I can’t even explain what I’m feeling. It’s…”
“I know.” He nods. “I know exactly what you mean.”
“We have a child. A beautiful daughter,” I continue, tears sparkling in my eyes. I don’t think I’m evernotgetting emotional over this—the biggest blessing of my life.
Turning off the stove, he wraps his arms around my waist, hugging me from behind.
“She’s so bold and smart. Just like you,” he whispers.
“She is, isn’t she? I can’t believe how easily she got used to us.”
“I think it’s going to be harder for us to get used to it, since neither of us knows how to behave with a child,” he releases a sigh. “But we’ll manage it.”
“I’m just happy she’s so comfortable with us. Lucero is the best for how she brought her up, telling her about us and getting her to love us already. She’s… God, Raf. I feel so guilty for not trusting her when she did everything she could for Malia.”
“We’ll be forever in her debt,” he adds.
I nod, leaning into him.
“I’m a little scared.” I muster the courage to confess.
“What do you mean?” He frowns.
“I… I don’t know how to be a mother. What if I do it wrong?” I whisper in uncertainty.
“I don’t know how to be a father either, pretty girl. Yet Ifeellike one. The moment I saw that little girl, I knew in my heart that she was mine—that she was ours. I only had to lay eyes on her and I already loved her.”
“Me too.” I smile. “She’s impossible not to love.”
“We’ll take it one day at a time and learn how to be her parents. But I saw you with her. You can’t go wrong with how gentle and soft you are with her.”
“Thank you,” I say, turning around to face him.
I wind my arms around his neck just as he raises me onto the table. Staring into his eyes, I brush my lips across him lightly before he deepens the kiss. Wrapping my legs around his waist, I bring him into me, rubbing myself all over him.
“Mommy, Daddy!” The sound of her sweet voice echoes in the house, and we both scramble to our feet in an attempt to look presentable.
“In here, baby,” I call out.
She dashes towards us, a big smile on her face.
“Smells good,” she says as she tries to peer at the table.
