Epilogue
Cady - Six Months Later
I stretch in my chair at the new office, arching my back. My baby bump sticks out even further, pushing against my desk and levering me away in my office chair. I eye my ever-expending stomach; I’m wearing the stretchy black maternity skirt that I favor and a white tank top, plus a pink cardigan. I pick a couple of Milo’s hairs off my skirt, then make a face.
“Oooh,” I say, wincing. “Careful with my organs in there, kid.”
The fun new thing that my little boy is doing is doing what feels like kick flips inside my belly. Putting my hand on my stomach to try to calm the baby, I rise from my chair to walk a little. I look out my wall to ceiling glass windows at the downtown skyline of Seattle.
It’s still unbelievable to me that I’m here. The first coupl
