Chapter 19
Vlad
“Here, let me take her.” I take the baby from Svetlana, the exhausted nanny, and carry her outside. I murmur softly to her and she stops fussing, hiccupping softly into my neck.
Her name is Lara, and she’s mine. Seven months old. Prettiest baby I’ve ever seen.
If it weren’t for her and Mika, I wouldn’t bother with anything. Eating. Sleeping. Living.
But with children, life goes on. They need us, so we show up.
So it seems.
Every day in Volgograd kills me though. Being at the estate without Alessia feels all wrong.
Everything here reminds me of her and I see her beautiful face everywhere I go.
I walk to the lake and back and the baby falls asleep on my chest. I carry her back in the house and lay her carefully down in her crib.
Mika’s at the laptop I bought him wit
