Charla
I finally get the infant to draw his first breath just as the doctor breaks down completely. Trying to soothe the now crying infant in my arms, I turn to see the man clutching the mother as though his life depends on it and he is crying into her hair. I grab a baby blanket and leave the room before I start crying with him. It's such a heartbreaking sight and I can't help but wonder what his relationship is to her.
When I find Aria, she's already in a corner, head in her hands and her shoulders shaking. Carrying the baby, I walk over to her and sit next to her. Holding the little boy with one arm, I wrap the other around her shoulders and silently sit there with her. Looking around the room, many of the women now have a worried expression on their faces. I have to reign in my curio
