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“You’re going to get out of here so soon,” James said in his calming voice. “You’re going to come home and everything’s going to be okay. Just keep breathing for me, Liam. Keep breathing.” “You heard your daddy,” the nurse said. “Keep breathing for us.” Us? Hell no. This random nurse wasn’t a part of us. “Can I hold him?” I asked. James looked up. He seemed surprised that I was standing there. Like he had completely forgotten I existed. Which was exactly how I’d felt watching him with Liam and the nurse. Invisible. Yesterday he had sworn he saw me. Today? It felt like he was trying to prove how alone he could make me feel without him. I walked over to them without waiting for a response. James slowly maneuvered Liam into my arms, being careful with all the cords. “You have to support
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