Caleb
I couldn’t stop smiling.
For the first time in months, I walked through the front door of my house with a sense of triumph in my bones. My shoulders were lighter. My heart, smug and satisfied.
There was power in knowing that everything I’d worked for. Knowing that everything that was slipping through my fingers had just been rescued.
Not by chance. Not by luck. But by me.
I closed the door behind me and tossed my briefcase on the console table by the wall. “Sonya!” I called out, loosening my tie. “You won’t believe the day I’ve had.”
From the kitchen, I heard the soft clatter of cutlery before she appeared, her long red robe trailing behind her like a curtain of silk.
Her baby bump was more prominent now, round and smooth beneath the fabric. She rested her hand on it instin
