The news of Cassie’s second pregnancy changed everything.
Hope became the most excited soon-to-be big sister anyone could imagine. She spent hours drawing pictures of their family, adding a stick-figure baby each time, usually with a giant pink bow or a tiny superhero cape.
Cassie laughed at every masterpiece, her heart swelling with love.
One evening, Cassie sat curled up on the living room couch, flipping through a baby name book. Damon entered, holding two mugs of hot chocolate.
“Still no decisions?” he asked, handing her one.
Cassie sighed dramatically. “How is it so hard to name a tiny human?”
Damon sat beside her, stretching his long legs out. “Hope already voted for Princess Sparkle.”
Cassie chuckled. “I don’t think the hospital would allow that on a birth certificate.”
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