A million different emotions flittered across Mark’s face in the span of an instant, but then, in the next, happiness won out. He barreled forward, scooped Susie up against him, and kissed her senseless. When they came up for air, he peppered her entire face with butterfly kisses until she was giggling helplessly.
I inched closer to the door, wanting to give them their privacy.
“This is going to change everything,” Mark said, “But I swear to you I am in for every step. We’ll find a way to stay together, Susie. I swear to you. We will be a family.”
“Oh, Mark!”
I slipped out of the room before I could bear witness to what I was sure would be a love-filled celebration.
Out in the hallway, across the hall, Nicholas leaned against the wall, waiting for me. I quietly closed the door to Su
